Fort Zeelandia

Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company, in the town of Anping on Formosa, the former name of central island of Taiwan, during their 38-year rule over the western part of the island.
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: former fort in Tainan
  • Also known as: “Anping Fort”, “Anping Old Fort”, “Castell seelandia”, “Castle Zeelandia”, “Fort de Zelande”, “Fort Orange”, “Fort Oranje”, “Fort Zeelandia Historical Sites”, “Jia̍t-lân-jia-siânn”, “Ông-siânn”, “Relanjhe-cheng”, “Relanzhe-cheng”, “Sekkan Castle”, “Wang-cheng”, and “原熱蘭遮城舊址”
  • Address: 國勝路 82, 台南市, 安平區, 708

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Zeelandia Museum and Tianhou Temple.

Museum
Photo: jerrylai0208, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Place of worship
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The , also known as the Kaitai Tianhou or Mazu Temple, is a temple to the Chinese Goddess Mazu, who is the Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity of fishermen, sailors and any occupations related to the sea. is situated 100 metres south of Fort Zeelandia.

Photo: Comet115, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Taiwan Development Historical Materials Wax Museum is a historical building in , , . is situated 230 metres north of Fort Zeelandia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anping District and N. District.

Suburb
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is a district of , . In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan. It is home to 64,408 people according to the 2020 census.

Suburb
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North District is a district home to 126,446 people located in , . is situated 4 km east of Fort Zeelandia.

Suburb
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West Central District is a district located in the center of Tainan City, . It is home to 76,983 people. is situated 5 km east of Fort Zeelandia.

Fort Zeelandia

Latitude
23.00158° or 23° 0′ 6″ north
Longitude
120.16063° or 120° 9′ 38″ east
Open location code
7QM22526+J7
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Wiki­data ID
Q20706255
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Zeeuws—“Fort Zeelandia” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Jia̍t-lân-jia Siâⁿ”
  • Chinese: “台灣城”
  • Chinese: “呢能爹啞礮臺”
  • Chinese: “奧倫治城”
  • Chinese: “奧蘭治城”
  • Chinese: “奧蘭治堡”
  • Chinese: “安平古堡”
  • Chinese: “安平城”
  • Chinese: “安平鎮城”
  • Chinese: “热兰遮城”
  • Chinese: “熱蘭遮城”
  • Chinese: “熱蘭遮城城垣暨城內建築遺構”
  • Chinese: “熱蘭遮堡”
  • Chinese: “熱蘭遮堡遺構”
  • Chinese: “王城”
  • Chinese: “紅毛城”
  • Chinese: “臺灣城”
  • Chinese: “臺灣城殘蹟（安平古堡殘蹟）”
  • Chinese: “赤崁城”
  • Chinese: “赤嵌城”
  • Czech: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Dutch: “Casteel Zeelandia”
  • Dutch: “Fort Orange”
  • Dutch: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Zeelandia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن زيلانديا”
  • Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Zelando”
  • French: “Fort Anping”
  • French: “fort Zeelandia”
  • French: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • German: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Hebrew: “לפורט זילנדיה”
  • Hungarian: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Kuno Anping”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Kuno Anping”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Zeelandia”
  • Indonesian: “Port Zeelandia”
  • Italian: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Japanese: “あんぴん こほう”
  • Japanese: “ゼ－ランヂャ城”
  • Japanese: “ぜーランジア城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランジャ城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランジヤ城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランヂァ城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランヂア城”
  • Japanese: “ぜーランチヤ城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランヂヤ城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランヂ城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランデア城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランディア城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランデャ城”
  • Japanese: “ゼーランデヤ城”
  • Japanese: “ゼイランヂア城”
  • Japanese: “安平古堡”
  • Korean: “질란디아 요새”
  • Literary Chinese: “熱蘭遮城”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “An-pêng-kó͘-pó”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “An-pêng-tìn-siâⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “An-pîng-kóo-pó”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “An-pîng-tìn-siânn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chhiah-khàm-siâⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jia̍t-lân-jia Siâⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jia̍t-lân-jia-siânn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ông-siâⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ông-siânn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tâi-oân Siâⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tâi-uân Siânn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tshiah-khàm-siânn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Zeelândia”
  • Slovak: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Slovenian: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Zeelandia”
  • Swedish: “Fort Zeelandia, Taiwan”
  • Swedish: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Turkish: “Fort Zeelandia (Tayvan)”
  • Turkish: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт Зеландія”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài An Bình”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Zeelandia”
  • Zeeuws: “Fort Zeelandia”
  • Zeeuws: “Fort Zeêlandia”

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