228 Memorial Park
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| Type | Municipal |
| Location | Zhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Area | 71,520 m2 |
| Created | 1900 |
| Open | All year |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Èrèrbā Hépíng Jìniàn Gōngyuán |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Ellellba Herpyng Jihniann Gongyuan |
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| Hokkien POJ | Jī-jī-pat Hô-pêng Kì-liām Kong-hn̂g |
The 228 Peace Memorial Park is a historic site and municipal park located at 3 Ketagalan Boulevard, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The park contains memorials to victims of the February 28 Incident of 1947, including the Taipei 228 Memorial that stands at the center of the park and the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum, housed at the site of a former radio station that operated under Japanese and Kuomintang rule. The National Taiwan Museum stands at the park's north entrance. The park also has a bandshell and exercise areas.
The park was originally established in 1900 as Taihoku New Park (臺北新公園?) during the Japanese colonial period, on former temple grounds. It was the first European-style urban park in Taiwan, placed on the grounds of the Colonial Governor's Office (today's Presidential Office Building).
In 1930, Taiwan's Japanese authorities established a radio station at the site. The station initially housed the Taihoku Broadcasting Bureau, an arm of the Government-General Propaganda Bureau's Information Office. The following year, the Taiwan Broadcast Association was formed to handle island-wide broadcasts. The Taihoku Park radio station became the center of broadcast activity for the Association.
The park was renamed Taipei New Park in 1945 by the Kuomintang authorities who replaced the Japanese after World War II in 1945. They renamed the broadcasting agency the Taiwan Broadcasting Company. The station became the primary broadcast organ of the Kuomintang government and military.
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