Dutch Fort site

Penghu Islands


For fine views and nice walks, follow signs to Snakehead Hill (蛇頭山; Shétóu Shān) and discover some grassy terraces on which once stood a Dutch fort.

Built in 1622 it was abandoned just two years later when the Europeans were driven out of Penghu by the Ming army. It's at the end of the Fenggui peninsula peering back towards Magong.


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