Ershawan Battery
Fort in Zhongzheng, Keelung, Taiwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ershawan Battery (traditional Chinese: 二沙灣砲臺; simplified Chinese: 二沙湾炮台; pinyin: Èrshāwān Pàotái), or better known as Tenable Gate of the Sea (Chinese: 海門天險; Wade–Giles: hai-men-tien-hsien) is a battery emplacements camp in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. It was built during Taiwan's Qing era and was the site of combat between the French and Chinese forces during the Sino-French War. It was the command post of Liu Ming-chuan, who was later appointed by Qing court as the first governor of Taiwan, when he was charged with the defense of Keelung during the war. It lost its military value under Japanese rule and is currently listed as a class one national historical monument.
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Ershawan Battery | |
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二沙灣砲臺 | |
Zhongzheng, Keelung, Taiwan | |
Coordinates | 25°08′15″N 121°45′27″E |
Type | Fort |
Site history | |
Built | 1840 |
Built by | Qing Dynasty |
In use | 1840-1895 |
Battles/wars | Sino-French War Japanese Invasion of Taiwan |
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