China · 19th century
Anyuan Fort ranks #8,815 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #87 of the 103 mapped in China. Founded 1887, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
Anyuan Fort is a fort in Zhenhai district, Ningbo city, Zhejiang province, China. The fort is located on the northern bank of the Yong River, at the southern foot of Zhaobao Hill; the existing fort was begun in the thirteenth year of the Guangxu era (1887) and completed the following year. The main body of the fort is circular and built of lime-based tabia. In 1996 the fort, together with the other coastal defence installations at the mouth of Zhenhai, was included in the Zhenhai estuary coastal defence sites listed among the fourth batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level.
Machine-translated from “安远炮台” on the Chinese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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