Eternal Golden Castle

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name=Eternal Golden Castle
億載金城
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location=Anping, Tainan, Taiwan
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caption=Gate to the Eternal Golden Castle
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built=1874
builder=Shen Baozhen (Qing Dynasty)
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Japan (1895-1945)
Republic of China (1945-present)
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The Eternal Golden Castle (zh-tp|t=億載金城|p=Yìzǎi Jīnchéng; POJ: Ek-chai Kim-sia), alternatively but less well known as Uhrkuenshen Battery (zh-tpw|t=二鯤鯓砲台|p=Èrkūnshēn Pàotái|w=Èrh-k'ūn-shēn P'ào-t'ái; POJ: Ji-khun-shen Phau-tai), is a defensive castle in Anping, Tainan, Taiwan. The castle was built in 1874 by the famous Qing official Shen Baozhen in order to safeguard the coast and to defend the island against Japanese invasions.

In 1895, when Taiwan was invaded by Japan, the Taiwanese people fought against the Japanese battleship from this fortress. During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese government sold some of the fort's cannons in order to help pay for the war. With its cannons gone or obsolete, the fortress lost its military value.

Bibliography

*Bender, Andrew et al (2004). "Taiwan". San Francisco: Lonely Planet.

See also

*Uhrshawan Battery
*Fort Zeelandia
*Fort Provintia
*History of Taiwan