A granite lighthouse standing on the eastern bluff of Dongju Island, the southernmost of the inhabited Matsu Islands, established in 1872. It belongs to the second batch of Western-style lighthouses commissioned along the southeast Chinese coast and the Taiwan Strait by the Qing Imperial Maritime Customs Service under Robert Hart, following the navigation aid provisions of the post-Opium War treaties. Originally known as Dongquan Lighthouse (東犬燈塔) after the older name of the island, it is the most geographically distant national monument from the Taiwanese mainland.
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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
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Maritime Industry in Taiwan (台灣海洋產業)
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