Tamsui District
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Tamsui District is a seaside district in New Taipei City, Taiwan adjacent to the Tamsui River and overlooking the Taiwan Strait. The name of the district means "fresh water" in Chinese. Although modes
Tamsui District office
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Guandu Bridge
Tamsui 淡水老街 panoramio
Fort Santo Domingo
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Fort Santo Domingo is a historical fortress in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was originally a wooden fort built in 1628 by the Manila-based Spanish East Indies of the Spanish Empire, wh
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…in the early 17th century. In the fall of 1629, the Spanish established the first major non-aboriginal settlement comprising the town and mission of Santo Domingo. The Spanish occupied northern Taiwan for the purpose of securing Spanish sea trade routes from coastal Fujian to Spanish Philippines against the Dutch…
Fort Santo Domingo, New Taipei, Jan 2025
Fort Santo Domingo and bay, taken between 1860 and 1880.
The former British consular residence next to the fort.