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Taipei: Beitou’s two-level public bath
The city’s museum pages describe Beitou’s public bath as a two-level building: visitors entered upstairs and descended to changing rooms and communal pools below. Its walls also differed by level.
At a glance
A place worth remembering
Entry above the bathing spaces
The city’s account places the entrance above the bathing spaces. Visitors went downstairs to the changing rooms and communal pools on the ground floor.[2]
Different walls on each level
The museum description distinguishes the floors: brick-and-concrete walls below, timber clapboard cladding above.[1]
The pool hall and the reopening as a museum
The city’s history page says the original bathing hall had an arched colonnade around the pool, with stained glass windows flanking it. The south side held a private bath and a rest area for distinguished guests. After the Second World War, changes in management left the facility unused. Thanks to local residents’ efforts, Taipei City Government restored it, and on 31 October 1998 it reopened as a museum.[2]
Good to know
A few clear answers before you explore.
Was the entrance on the same level as the pools?
No. The city account places the entrance upstairs and the communal pools on the ground floor.[2]
What changed between the two storeys?
The museum account describes brick-and-concrete walls below and timber clapboard above.[1]
What surrounded the main pool?
The city’s history page describes an arched colonnade around the pool, with stained glass windows beside it.[2]
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