Fort Santo Domingo

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name= Fort Santo Domingo
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location= Tamsui, Taipei County, Taiwan


caption= Fort Anthonio. Part of Museum Fort San Domingo
type= Castle-like fort
built= 1629
used= 1629–1868
builder= Spanish settlers
materials= Wood
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Fuerte Santo Domingo or Fort San Domingo (zh-c|c=紅毛城, 聖多明哥城; POJ: Âng-mn̂g-siâⁿ ) was originally a wooden fort built by the Spanish in 1629 at Tamsui on the northwestern coast of Taiwan.

On a night in 1636, a group of local people, angered by the taxes that the Spanish governor had imposed, successfully attacked the fort and demolished it. In 1637, the Spanish rebuilt the fort using stone and raised the walls' height to twenty feet or more. In 1642, the Dutch expelled the Spaniards from nearby Keelung. The Spanish fort in Tamsui had by then already been razed by the Spanish themselves. The Dutch built a new fort on the site, called Fort Anthonio. In 1644, they replaced it by the structure still standing today, also called Fort Anthonio. The locals called the Dutch "the red-haired people", which led to the compound's Chinese name, Hong-Mao Cheng (zh-cp|c=紅毛城|p=Hóngmáochéng; POJ: Âng-mn̂g-siâⁿ; literally, the Fortress of the Red-haired). From 1683 to 1867 the Qing Dynasty Chinese government controlled the fort and during this time (1724) built a stone wall with four gates around it, of which only one (main) gate survives.

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The Fort is adjacent to Aletheia University, which traces its origins back to 1872 when the Reverend Dr. George Leslie Mackay, a Canadian Presbyterian, established a mission and then a medical service and a school.

The fort is open to the public Tuesday – Sunday, 9am – 5pm, at an entrance cost of NT$60 (adults) NT$40 (Students). Fort San Domingo is also about 15 minutes on foot from Hobe Fort and one can buy combination tickets that give admission to both forts.

References

ee also

* Fort Provintia
* Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
* Cape of San Diego
* Eternal Golden Castle
* Taiwan under Dutch rule
* History of Taiwan

External links

* [http://www.tshs.tpc.gov.tw/dutchexhibition/ Exhibition in the museum about the fort]