The smaller of two forts built after the Mudan Incident of 1874 to guard the entrance to Takao Harbour, facing Qihou Fort across the channel on Cijin Island. It was laid out by British instructor J.W. Harwood and completed in 1876 on the Shaochuantou (哨船頭) waterfront in Gushan. Its entrance is a red brick gate in the style of a Chinese city wall, topped by five crenellations and a lintel inscribed with the fort’s name. The fort fell to Japanese forces during the Yiwei War in 1895 and was restored between 2018 and 2022.
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- Status:Public (公有)
- Heritage designation:Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
- Address:高雄市鼓山區蓮海路6號
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Military Fortifications in Taiwan (台灣碉堡)
- Yiwei War (乙未戰爭)
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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.