Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1662 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), 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. The site had been renamed several times as Fort Orange, Fort Anping, and Taiwan City ; the current name of the site in Chinese is Chinese: 安平古堡; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-pêng Kó͘-pó; lit. 'Anping Old Fort'.
Wall of Fort Zeelandia
17th century watercolor of Fort Zeelandia
Stone monument marking "Anping Old Castle" (Fort Zeelandia)
Bust of Koxinga in Fort Zeelandia Museum
Anping District is a district of Tainan, Taiwan. 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.
Decorative walls in the back streets of Anping
Anping District office
Fort Zeelandia painted around 1635, The Hague National Bureau of Archives
The remains of Fort Zeelandia