Tainan District Court
The district court area was a cavalry camp known as the Mabingying during the period of Jheng, Cheng-gong (or “Koxinga”, as he is known to the Dutch)
Official Mazu Temple
Great Queen of Heaven Temple is also called Tainan Big Mazhu Temple. It was the residence of King Ninjing of Ming Dynasty. This king is also known as “I Uen Chi”, so this residence is also known ...
Chih-kan Tower
During Dutch Colonization, Dutch people built a city with defensive functions called Provintia in Chihkan. The name Provintia means province in English. (The Han people called it Chihkan, Fanzailo or ...
Tainan Wude Hall
While the Japanese built many modern buildings in Taiwan, finding traditional Japanese buildings is a little more difficult. Wude Hall is one of the few examples of traditional Japanese architecture in ...
Anping Oyster Shell Cement Kiln
There’s a well-known theory among Taiwanese that their traditional brick houses all have ants due to the cement used to mortar the bricks together.
Old Tainan Prefecture Hall
For much of the Japanese colonization, Old Tainan Prefecture Hall was the heart of the city. In 1911, the Japanese organized an administration reform and divided Taiwan into various ...
National Taiwan Literature Museum
Since 2003, the Tainan Prefecture Hall has been the home to the National Taiwan Literature Museum. The building has been transformed into a modern facility that mostly uses the Prefecture Hall as a ...
Old Union Hall and Wu’s Garden
Tucked into the middle of the city is the former garden of a wealthy 19th century businessman named Wu, and upon its grounds is the old Union Hall where town meetings were held during the Japanese ...
The Presbyterian Church of Taiwan
Presbyterian Church of Taiwan is the largest Christian denomination in Taiwan and has had a long and involved history with the culture and politics of the island.
Tainan Theological College and Seminary
Founded by the Presbyterian missionary Dr. Thomas Barclay in 1876, the Tainan Theological College and Seminary was the first school of higher education in Taiwan.