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Tainan Main Public Library

Coordinates: 23°01′28.52″N 120°14′15.72″E / 23.0245889°N 120.2377000°E / 23.0245889; 120.2377000
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Tainan Main Public Library
臺南市立圖書館
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23°01′28.52″N 120°14′15.72″E / 23.0245889°N 120.2377000°E / 23.0245889; 120.2377000
LocationTainan, Taiwan
Established2021 (current main library)
Branches39
Other information
DirectorFu-ling Yang
Websitewww.tnpl.tn.edu.tw

The Tainan Main Public Library (Chinese: 臺南市立圖書館; pinyin: Táinán Shìlì Túshūguǎn) is the central library of Tainan, Taiwan. It is the main library of the Tainan Public Library System and opened in 2021.[1] The building is located in Kangqiao Boulevard, Yongkang District.

Architecture

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The library building was designed by Dutch firm Mecanoo and Taiwan's MAYU architects.[2] It comprises 6 above-ground floors and two below. The building houses approximately 600,000 books, with around 16,000 of them from the period of Japanese occupation.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 台南市立圖書總館下月試營運 文化局規畫成新打卡景點.聯合報.2020-12-10
  2. ^ a b "Tainan Public Library Now Open". World-Architects.
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