Great South Gate

Gate in West Central, Tainan, Taiwan

This article is about the gate in Tainan. For the gate in Seoul sometimes called "Great South Gate" in English, see Namdaemun.

Great South Gate

府城大南門

General information
Type| historical gate
Location| West Central, Tainan, Taiwan
Coordinates| 22°59′12.8″N 120°12′12.7″E﻿ / ﻿22.986889°N 120.203528°E﻿ / 22.986889; 120.203528
Completed| 1736

The Great South Gate (traditional Chinese: 府城大南門; simplified Chinese: 府城大南门; pinyin: Fǔchéng Dà Nán Mén) is a historical gate in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan.

## History

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The Great South Gate is part of the original 14 gates of Tainan City Wall built in 1736. The gates were constructed to fend off barbarians from attacking the town.[1]

## Architecture

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The gate has an outer arched fate in the shape of half moon. It was set at an angle to the inner gate because of security considerations.[2]

## See also

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* List of tourist attractions in Taiwan

## References

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1. ^ "Tainan Great South Gate(臺灣府城大南門)". Travel Trainan. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ "Tainan Tourist Information". asianinfo.org.

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