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Taipei was founded in the early 18th century under the Qing Dynasty rule and became an important center for overseas trade in the 19th century. The Qing Dynasty made Taipei the provincial capital of Taiwan in 1886 when Taiwan was separated from Fujian Province to be its own province of the dynasty.

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Taipei is rich in beautiful, ornate temples housing Buddhist, Taoist, and Chinese folk religion deities.

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Taiwan's National Palace Museum is a vast art gallery and museum built around a permanent collection centered on the world's largest collection of ancient Chinese artifacts dating back over 10,000 years of ancient Chinese history. It should not be confused with the other Palace Museum located in Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC) (which it is named after); both institutions trace their origins to the same institution. The collections were divided in the 1940s as a result of the Chinese Civil War which split China into the two separate independent countries of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (Taiwan)

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The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument, landmark and tourist attraction that was erected in memory of General Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The structure stands at the east end of Memorial Hall Square, site of the National Concert Hall and National Theater and their adjacent parks as well as the memorial. The landmarks of Liberty Square stand within sight of Taiwan's Presidential Building in Taipei's Zhongzheng District.

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