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The Best Attractions In Tainan

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Tainan , officially Tainan City, is a special municipality of Taiwan, facing the Formosan Strait or Taiwan Strait in the west and south. Tainan is the oldest city on the island of Taiwan and also commonly known as the Capital City for its over 200 years of history as the capital of Taiwan under Koxinga and later Qing dynasty rule. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname the Phoenix City.As Taiwan's oldest urban area, Tainan was initially established by the Dutch East India Company as a ruling and trading base called Fort Zeelandia during the period of Dutch rule on the island. After Dutch colonist...
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The Best Attractions In Tainan

  • 2. Anping Tree House Anping
    The Anping Tree House is a former warehouse in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan. The treehouse name refers to the living banyan roots and branches that cover the building.
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  • 3. Chihkan Tower (Fort Provintia) West Central District
    Fort Provintia or Providentia was a Dutch outpost on Formosa at a site now located in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was built in 1653 during the Dutch colonization of Taiwan. The Dutch, intending to strengthen their standing, sited the fort at Sakam, about 2 miles due east from modern-day Anping. During the Siege of Fort Zeelandia , the fort was surrendered to Koxinga, but was later destroyed by an earthquake in the 19th century. It was rebuilt as Chihkan Tower afterwards.The fort's name derives from the Taiwanese aboriginal village recorded by the Dutch as Sakam, which has developed into the modern-day Tainan. After growth in size and trade, the Chinese called it Chhiah-kham, and surrounded it with high brick walls. It eventually became the capital of the whole island under th...
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  • 4. Hayashi Department Store West Central District
    The Hayashi Department Store is a department store in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan.
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  • 6. Wusanto Reservoir Guantian
    Wushantou Reservoir , sometimes spelled Wushanto or Wusanto, is a reservoir and scenic area located in Lioujia District and Guantian District of Tainan, Taiwan. It is also referred to as Coral Lake due to its zigzagging shoreline. The reservoir was designed by engineer Yoichi Hatta and was the largest in Asia at the time of its completion in 1930.
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  • 10. National Museum of Taiwan Literature West Central District
    The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. NTMoFA was established in 1988, is the first and the only national-grade fine arts museum in Taiwan. The major collections are works by Taiwanese artists, covering modern and contemporary Taiwanese arts. The museum covers 102,000 square meters, including the Public Outdoor Sculpture park, marks it one of the largest museums in Asia. Nation Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts was temporarily closed for renovation in 1999 due to the damage caused by the 921 earthquake and reopened in July 2004. From 2011 to 2016, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts attracted more than 1 million visitors each year.
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  • 11. National Museum of Taiwan History Annan
    The National Museum of Taiwan History is a museum in Annan District, Tainan, Taiwan, covering the history of the island nation of Taiwan and its associated islands.
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  • 12. Confucius Temple West Central District
    The Taiwan Confucian Temple , also called Tainan Confucian Temple or Quan Tai Shou Xue , is a Confucian temple on Nanmen Road in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan.
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