Fort Santo Domingo
Fort Santo Domingo is a historical fortress in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was originally a wooden fort built in 1628 by the Manila-based Spanish East Indies of the Spanish Empire, who named it in Spanish: el Fuerte de Santo Domingo, lit. 'the Fort of Saint Dominic'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: former fort in New Taipei
- Also known as: “Hongmaocheng” and “Hung-mao-ch’eng”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tamsui Customs Officers‘ Residence and Tamsui First Fishing Harbor.
Tamsui Customs Officers‘ Residence
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The Tamsui Customs Officers' Residence is a historical residence in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Tamsui First Fishing Harbor
Marina
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Tamsui First Fishing Harbor is a marina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Danhai New Town and Bali District.
Danhai New Town
Suburb
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Danhai New Town, previously romanized as Tamhai New Town, is a large residential development in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was first proposed as a new town in 1992.
Bali District
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Bali District is a suburban district in northwestern New Taipei, Taiwan. In Taiwanese Hokkien, it was known as Pat-lí-hun during the rule of the Qing dynasty.
Beitou
Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan. The historical spelling of the district is Peitou. The name originates from the Ketagalan word Kipatauw, meaning witch.
Fort Santo Domingo
- Categories: fort and historic site
- Location: Wenhua Village, Tamsui, New Taipei, Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Fort Santo Domingo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Âng-mn̂g-siâⁿ”
- Chinese: “安東尼堡”
- Chinese: “淡水紅毛城”
- Chinese: “紅毛城”
- Chinese: “紅毛番”
- Chinese: “红毛城”
- Chinese: “聖多明哥城”
- Chinese: “聖特·多明哥城”
- Chinese: “英國領事館”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سانتو دومينجو”
- German: “Fort Santo Domingo”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Santo Domingo”
- Indonesian: “Santo Domingo”
- Italian: “Forte Santo Domingo”
- Japanese: “紅毛城”
- Korean: “홍모성”
- Korean: “훙마오성”
- Korean: “훙마오청”
- Literary Chinese: “紅毛城”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Âng-mn̂g-siâⁿ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Âng-mô͘-siâⁿ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Âng-mo͘-siâⁿ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “San Domingo Siâⁿ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sèng Domingo Siâⁿ”
- Russian: “Сан-Доминго”
- Russian: “Хунмаочэн”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de Santo Domingo”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Сан-Домінго”
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