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Museums Attractions In Tamsui

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Tamsui is a sea-side district in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is named after the Tamsui River; the name means fresh water. The town is popular as a site for viewing the sun setting into the Taiwan Strait. Though modest in size , it has a large role in Taiwanese culture.
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Museums Attractions In Tamsui

  • 1. Fort San Domingo Tamsui
    Fort San Domingo is a historic fortress in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was originally a wooden fort built in 1628 by the Spanish Empire, who named it Fort San Domingo. However the fort was then destroyed by the Spanish, after losing a battle to the Dutch Empire in 1642. After the battle, in 1644, the Dutch rebuilt a fort in the original site, and renamed it Fort Antonio. Since the Dutch were called Red-Haired People by the Han immigrants during the time, the fort was then nicknamed Fort Red Hair .In 1724, the Qing government repaired the fort, and built a perimeter wall with four gates. From 1868 onwards the fort was leased to the British government as its consulate, and a new two-storied building was built nearby as the consul's residence. The fort was briefly occupied by the ...
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  • 2. Tamsui Historical Museum Tamsui
    Tamsui is a sea-side district in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is named after the Tamsui River; the name means fresh water. The town is popular as a site for viewing the sun setting into the Taiwan Strait. Though modest in size , it has a large role in Taiwanese culture.
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  • 3. National Palace Museum Shilin
    The National Palace Museum, located in Taipei and Taibao, Taiwan, has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest of its type in the world. The collection encompasses 8,000 years of history of Chinese art from the Neolithic age to the modern. Most of the collection are high quality pieces collected by China's emperors. The National Palace Museum shares its roots with the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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