Completed in 1883 by the Imperial Maritime Customs Service (大清皇家海關總稅務司) under British inspector Robert Hart (赫德) in response to the Rover shipwreck (1867) and Mudan incident (1871). This fortified tower at the southern tip of Hengchun Peninsula remains the only armed lighthouse in Taiwan and was originally ringed by 6 meter-deep ditch and equipped with Gatling guns to repel Paiwan Indigenous forces. Damaged in the First Sino-Japanese War and again by American bombing in 1945, it was rebuilt by the ROC in 1947 and refitted with its current Fresnel lens in 1962. Nicknamed the “Light of East Asia” for projecting the most intense beam in Taiwan, the structure was designated a national monument in 2024.
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Details
- Status:Public (公有)
- Heritage designation:National Monument (國定古蹟)
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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)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
- Military Fortifications in Taiwan (台灣碉堡)
- Tourist Attractions in Taiwan (台灣旅遊景點)
- Lighthouses of Taiwan (臺灣的燈塔)
Backlinks
- Southernmost Point of Taiwan (臺灣最南點)
- Jinxing Theater (金星大戲院)
- Changhua Bus Terminal (台汽客運彰化總站)
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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.