Eternal Golden Castle
億載金城（二鯤鯓砲臺）
A western-style bastion fort built in 1876 under Shen Baozhen, with an intact moat and red-brick gate, and a designated historic site.
Eternal Golden Castle's official name is Erkunshen Fort. After the 1874 Mudan incident, Imperial Commissioner Shen Baozhen, seeking to strengthen Taiwan's coastal defenses, hired a French engineer to design and build it. It was completed in 1876 and was Taiwan's first western-style bastion fort. The square castle has bastions projecting from each of its four corners and is surrounded by a moat. The red-brick gate bears the four characters for Eternal Golden Castle, written by Shen Baozhen, and replicas of Armstrong cannons are placed on the lawn inside. Admission is about NT$70. It is about 2 km from Anping Old Street and can be reached by bicycle.
Opening hours
08:30–17:30
Nearby sights
- Anping Kaitai Tianhou Temple
- Anping Old Street
- Anping Fort (Fort Zeelandia)
- Anping Tree House
- Zhengxing Street
- Blueprint Culture & Creative Park
- Shennong Street
- Guohua Street