Chihkan Tower
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Chihkan Tower (traditional Chinese: 赤崁樓/赤嵌樓; pinyin: Chìkǎnlóu; POJ: Chhiah-khám-lâu), formerly Fort Provintia in West Central District, Tainan City was built in 1653 by the Dutch during their occupation of Taiwan. During the era of Nationalist China rule beginning in 1945, it was renamed 'Red-topped Tower'(赤崁樓). This name derives from the Taiwanese aboriginal word Chakam.
[edit] See also
- Fort Santo Domingo
- Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
- Cape of San Diego
- Eternal Golden Castle
- History of Taiwan
- Taiwan under Dutch rule
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 A statue near Fort Provintia showing a scene from the Dutch surrender to Koxinga forces |
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