-
1661 Taiwan Warship Museum(1661臺灣船園區)
The Taiwan Boat relies on a 1706 blueprint of a Taiwan Boat drawing from “Drawings of Tang Boats” as preserved in the Matsura Historical Museum in Nagasaki, Japan. By building a team of Taiwanese ocean history experts, ...
More
-
Anping Old Fort(安平古堡)
A combined Dutch military and commercial force captured modern day Anping in 1624, and built Fort Zeelandia(熱蘭遮城) as its defensive stronghold, which was completed in 1634. In 1662, Koxinga successfully took the Dutch fort back, and ...
More
-
Chihkan Tower(赤崁樓)
Chihkan Tower (赤嵌樓) is the oldest building in Tainan's West Central District (台南中西區), and along with Anping District's Anping Fort (安平古堡), are two of Tainan's most famous landmarks. Originally built as Fort Provintia ...
More
-
Former Tait & Co. Merchant House(安平樹屋暨原英商德記洋行)
Located next to Anping Tree House (安平樹屋), the foreign style building with the pure white exterior is the Former Tait Co. Merchant House (原英商德記洋行), the Tainan base of the Tait Co. firm established after the opening of ...
More
-
Eternal Golden Fort (億載金城 )
Eternal Golden Fort (億載金城), is also known as Erkunshen Fortress (二鯤鯓砲台), and is a red four-walled castle surrounded by bastions and moat on all four sides. In ancient times, the strip of turf in the center would have been used ...
More
-
Koxinga Shrine(延平郡王祠)
At the intersection of Kaishan Road and Fucheng Road (開山路與府前路), atop the Shrine's horseback roof, a majestic statue of Koxinga looks out as if he, Tainan’s protector god, is present in the hearts of all the people of ...
More
-
Anping Oyster Shell Cement Kiln Museum(安平蚵灰窯暨附屬建築)
Oyster Shell Cement Kiln(蚵灰窯)was once the most important building material factory in Anping and is the only surviving oyster shell kiln in Taiwan. From the 1600s, oyster shell ash was an essential material in boatmaking for the many people ...
More
-
Wufei Temple(五妃廟)
Historical records show that when the Qing forces led by Shi Lan attacked Taiwan, Zhu Shi-gui, Ming dynasty Prince of Ningjing, resolved to die for his country; his five concubines decided to die too and hanged themselves from a beam in the ...
More
-
Great East Gate(大東門)
The Great East Gate (大東門) is located at the intersection of Dongmen Road (東門路) and Shengli Road (勝利路), and it is an important thoroughfare for traffic in Tainan city. The Great East Gate has become a Tainan landmark, and at the ...
More
-
Tainan Great South Gate(大南門城)
Situated not far from the southern edge of the Confucian temple (孔廟) is one of Tainan’s most well preserved city gates. With a history stretching back close to 290 years and one side featuring a monument to stories of past times, ...
More
-
Anping Minor Artillery Fort(安平小砲台)
The Fort was built in the 20th year of the reign of the Daoguang Emperor in the Qing Dynasty to defend against the British during the Opium War in 1840. It is comprised of the main body and a protective rock embankment that is long and narrow and ...
More
-
The Old Tainan Water Course and Water Purification Pond(原臺南水道)
After walking up nearly 200 steps, tourists can see the building of water purification pond with its European castle-like exterior, a style rarely seen in Taiwan. Protruding from the turf above the building is a field of metal air vents which has ...
More
![Accessible website[New window]](https://historic.tainan.gov.tw/site/themes/default/en/images/wcag.png "Accessible website[New window]")