Anping Fort

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fortress historic site tourist attraction

Anping Fort is a historic Dutch-built fortress in Tainan, Taiwan, that served as a key colonial stronghold and trading post in the 17th century.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Anping Old Fort	1
Anping Small Fort	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fortress ⓘ historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fort Anping NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Zeelandia NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Dutch colonial architecture ⓘ
builder	Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtDuring	Dutch colonial period in Taiwan ⓘ
capturedBy	Kingdom of Tungning NERFINISHED ⓘ Koxinga NERFINISHED ⓘ
captureYear	1662 ⓘ
completionDate	1634 ⓘ
constructedAs	military fortress ⓘ trading post ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
functionIn17thCentury	key colonial stronghold ⓘ key trading post ⓘ
governingBody	Tainan City Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	bastions ⓘ courtyard ⓘ inner fort walls ⓘ museum ⓘ observation tower ⓘ outer fort walls ⓘ
heritageStatus	National historic site of Taiwan ⓘ
languageOfOriginalName	Dutch ⓘ
laterControlledBy	Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Anping District NERFINISHED ⓘ Tainan NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ coral stone ⓘ stone ⓘ
near	Anping Old Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Anping Tree House NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatorAfter1662	Kingdom of Tungning GENERATED ⓘ
originalName	Fort Zeelandia NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Siege of Fort Zeelandia NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	1624 ⓘ
strategicLocation	near Taijiang Inner Sea ⓘ
touristAttractionStatus	major tourist attraction in Tainan ⓘ
usedFor	administration ⓘ defense ⓘ trade ⓘ

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Anping District → contains → Anping Fort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anping Old Fort

Anping District → contains → Anping Fort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anping Small Fort

Anping Old Street → near → Anping Fort ⓘ

Sicao Green Tunnel → near → Anping Fort ⓘ