Chihkan Tower

Fort Provintia or Providentia, also known as Chihkan Tower, was a Dutch outpost on Formosa at a site now located in , , .
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Park
  • Description: former fort in Tainan
  • Also known as: “Ang-mn̂g-lâu”, “Chhiah-khàm Tower”, “Chia-Kam-Lâu”, “Chih K’an Low”, “Chikan Tower”, “Chikanlou”, “Fanzailou”, “Fort Provintia”, “Gedung Chihkan”, “Hoan-á-lâu”, “Huan-a-lau”, “Huan-á-lâu”, “Lầu Xích Khảm”, “Phó͘-lô-bîn-jia-siâⁿ”, “Phóo-lô-bîn-jia-siânn”, “Provintia”, “Sekkwanro”, “Sêng-thian-hú”, “Sîng-thian-hú”, “Xích Khảm Lâu”, “앙모루”, “앙믄라우”, “적감루”, “치악캄라우”, “푸뤄민줘청”, “프로방시아 요새”, “홍모루”, “台南赤崁樓”, “承天府”, “普洛文蒂亞城”, “普羅岷西亞城”, “普羅岷遮城”, “普羅文帝亞城”, “普羅民遮城”, “普羅民遮堡”, “普魯岷西亞城”, “普魯民遮城”, “次崁楼”, “次崁樓”, “番仔樓”, “紅毛樓”, “赤坎城”, “赤嵌城”, “赤嵌楼”, “赤嵌樓”, and “赤磡城”
  • Address: 民族路二段 212, 台南市, 中西區, 700

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chihkan Tower Dashi Temple and The Grand Matsu Temple.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple.

Place of worship
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, also known as the Datianhou or Great Queen of Heaven Temple, is a Taiwanese temple to the goddess Mazu, who is the Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity of fishermen, sailors and any occupations related to the sea. is situated 140 metres southwest of Chihkan Tower.

Place of worship
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is a place of worship, which is situated 140 metres northeast of Chihkan Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include N. District and East District.

Suburb
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North District is a district home to 126,446 people located in , .

Suburb
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is a district home to 180,828 people located in , . is situated 3 km southeast of Chihkan Tower.

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. is situated 3½ km west of Chihkan Tower.

Chihkan Tower

Latitude
22.9974° or 22° 59′ 51″ north
Longitude
120.20271° or 120° 12′ 10″ east
Inception
1653
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
7QJ2X6W3+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 158995081
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q714431
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Chihkan Tower” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Forte Provintia”
  • Chinese: “Chìkǎnlóu”
  • Chinese: “赤崁楼”
  • Chinese: “赤崁樓”
  • Dutch: “Fort Provintia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن بروفينتيا”
  • French: “fort Provintia”
  • French: “Fort Provintia”
  • German: “Fort Provintia”
  • Indonesian: “Chihkan”
  • Italian: “Fort Provintia”
  • Japanese: “Sekikanro”
  • Japanese: “せきかんろう”
  • Japanese: “赤カン楼”
  • Japanese: “赤崁楼”
  • Korean: “츠칸러우”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chhiah-khàm-lâu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tshiah-khàm-lâu”
  • Slovak: “Fort Provintia”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт Провінція”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Provintia”
  • Yue Chinese: “赤崁樓”

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Highlights include Haishen Temple and Bixi Carrying Imperial Steles.

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