臺南市

Historic Sites in Tainan

Tainan serves as a living museum of Taiwan's complex history, featuring well-preserved structures from the Dutch colonial era and the Qing dynasty. This list includes the 17th-century Fort Zeelandia and Fort Provintia, which served as Dutch administrative centers. You will also find the Eternal Golden Castle, a 19th-century coastal battery, and rare examples of 20th-century heritage like the Imperial Portrait Pavilion in Xinhua and the former Tainan broadcasting bureau.

Fort Zeelandia

Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company, in the town of Anping on Formosa, the…

Chihkan Tower

Fort Provintia or Providentia, also known as Chihkan Tower, was a Dutch outpost on Formosa at a site now located in West Central District,…

Eternal Golden Castle

The Eternal Golden Castle, alternatively but less well known as Erkunshen Battery, is a defensive castle in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan.

Tainan Film Center

The Tainan Film Center is a movie theater in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan.

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One of only three surviving Imperial Portrait Pavilions in Taiwan, this structure was built during the Japanese colonial period to house the Emperor's portrait. Originally located at Xinhua Elementary School, it was later relocated to its current site for preservation.

Fort Provintia