A black brick lighthouse standing on the tiny garrison island of Dongding south of Kinmen, lit in 1871 as the first Western-style lighthouse commissioned by the Qing Imperial Maritime Customs Service in Xiamen Bay. Damaged during the 1958 cross-strait artillery bombardment and dark from 1953 until 1971, the lighthouse remains under continuous military restriction with no civilian access.
Heritage Status
- National Monument (國定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
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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.