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A historic cemetery on Thng-sî-suann (湯匙山), a small hillock southwest of the historic settlement of Anping. The Dutch built Fort Utrecht here in 1639 to defend Fort Zeelandia but it was destroyed by bombardment during Koxinga’s siege in 1662 and no visible traces remain. The site has served as a burial ground since at least the Qing dynasty era and it is generally thought to be the oldest public cemetery in Tainan. Burials were officially prohibited in 1990. It is also sometimes known as Tangpaoshan Cemetery (湯匙山公墓) after the Mandarin Chinese name of the hill.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Liberty Times (自由時報)
Themes
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Koxinga’s Legacy (國姓爺的歷史影響)
- European Colonial Era Taiwan (荷西統治時期)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.