Visit and lunch near Anping Fort (Old Fort Zeelandia) 安平古堡

2007-07-21 16:54. A & J called over a tour guide to introduce the exhibits and outside grounds, after our large oversized tour crowd had finished and dispersed.

2007-07-21 18:09. Came down from the white observation tower, closed for the day.

2007-07-21 18:22. Anping Fort closed for the day. Walked down the street, graveyard on the left, and reached nearby Anping Artillery Fort

2007-07-21 18:27. Leaving Anping Artillery Fort to walk to the restaurant where our buses were parked, for dinner.

2007-07-21 19:07. BL the dinner restaurant.

Temple beside Anping Old Fort, 2007-07-21 15:51

Tainan city below, exhibits inside 2007-07-21 15:59

Anping Fort (Old Fort Zeelandia) 安平古堡
Tainan City

安平古堡 pronounced: an ping2 gu3 bao3

Top level had tour guides, and a building which had small exhibits including Chinese and Dutch weapons of the time. It was hot and the exhibit area was really too small for our rather large group, so I waited for a later tour long after the main crowd had finished. A few cannons were on the top level balcony, overlooking Tainan City. White observation tower offers a higher view. In the middle level, there were small local band performances, a stone pillar and a Zheng Cheng Gong 鄭成功 statue.

One of four original Dutch cannon cooling wells

Attractions map, original Fort Zeelandia outlined

Outside, some of the original Dutch fort's thicker bricks were still visible on the path and some walls. The later non-military construction by the Japanese used much smaller bricks.

Anping Artillery Fort 安平小砲台.
Visited a very small 6 x 8m cannon platform, now within in a sad little pond. It was only a short walk down the street after visiting Anping Old Fort, Tainan

The entire area was:
National Anping Harbor Historic Park

written by  monex on July 21, 2007 from Anping Fort (Old Fort Zeelandia) 安平古堡, Taiwan
from the travel blog: 2007 Overseas Compatriot Youth Taiwan 5th Study Tour (2007海外青年台灣觀摩團第5梯次)
tagged Anping, Zeelandia and Fort
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