Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park
Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park | |
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高雄都會公園 | |
Ministry of the Interior | |
Status | Open all year |
Public transit access | Metropolitan Park Station |
The Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park (
History
The park used to be a landfill.[1] It was then converted into a park by the Executive Yuan to protect the environmental resources and improving the local environment.[2]
Geology
The park measures an area of 35 hectares (86 acres), which includes vast and flat grassland and forest greens.[1] The plantation from Taiwan Sugar Qingpu occupies most of the park.[3]
Architecture
The park features the Golden Rooster Sundial sculpture which stands tall at the Central Square. There is a bronze cast illustration of the sundial shadow on the ground surface under the golden rooster. It also consists of a decorated swimming pool, an ecological exhibition room, parent-child playrooms and a library.[1]
Transportation
The park is accessible within walking distance northwest of
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park". Taiwan, the Heart of Asia. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Landmarks in Zuoying & Nanzih District". Nanzih Land Office, Land Administration Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park". Kaohsiung Travel. Retrieved 6 June 2021.