Chihkan

Chihkan Tower stands on the site of Fort Provintia, built by the Dutch in 1653 at a place the Siraya called Sakam. The fort surrendered to Koxinga in 1662 and was later ruined by rebellion and earthquakes; the buildings on the site today date largely from the Qing reconstruction. A few minutes away is the Tainan Confucian Temple, founded in 1665 and known as the First Academy of Taiwan. The surrounding blocks are the heart of the old prefectural city.