Liberty Square is a public plaza covering over 240,000Â square meters in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It has served as the city's public gathering place of choice since its completion in the late 1970s. The name of the square recalls the important historical role it played in Taiwan's transition from one-party rule to modern democracy in the 1990s.
Liberty Square
Liberty Square main gate (paifang) in 2023
View of the square looking west
Liberty Square at night. Looking west.
A paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architecture, often used in arch or gateway structures.
Paifang in Shunfengshan Park in Foshan
A decorated paifang in Shanghai
Dongsi, an intersection in Beijing, had four paifangs in the 1920s.
A paifang photographed in Gansu Province (1933).