Fengguiwei Shetou Mountain Dutch Castle Ruins Introduction
Wind Cave Dutch Fort is located on a small peninsula protruding in Fenggui Village, Magong, commonly known as "Snake Head Mountain". Established in the second year of the Tianqi era of the Ming Dynasty (1622), it was built by the Dutch as a trading outpost and is the earliest completed Western-style fort in Taiwan, possessing significant strategic and cultural value. Currently, it is listed as a national historic site. In the early 16th century, the Dutch invaded Magong Harbor, landed at Fengguiwei, and constructed the Wind Cave Dutch Fort between 1622 and 1624. Later, in the fourth year of Tianqi (1624), due to an assault by Ming Dynasty forces on Penghu, the Dutch military was defeated. The Dutch and Ming negotiated conditions and reached an agreement to preserve the walls and bastions, requiring the demolition of buildings and barracks within the bastion and the relocation of the original building materials to Anping for the construction of Fort Zeelandia (Anping Fort). The Wind Cave Dutch Fort in Magong is the oldest Red-Haired Castle in Taiwan, as the Dutch were the first to build a fort at Fengguiwei, which is the Wind Cave Dutch Fort. In 2001, to commemorate this significant historical event, a memorial funded jointly by the Dutch government and the Penghu County government was established. [Recommended stay time] 3 hours
Dutch Castle Ruins Monument
Dutch Castle Ruins Monument
