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Chiwan Left Fort

🇨🇳 China

Chiwan Left Fort in China
Photo: 颐园新居 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Chiwan Left Fort is located on Yingzuishan hill on Zuopaotai Road, Chiwan harbour, Nanshan district, Shenzhen city, Guangdong province, China, and is a municipal- and county-level cultural relic protection unit of Shenzhen city, of the ancient architecture type, dating from the Qing dynasty, announced on 30 May 1983.

The Chiwan Left Fort faces Lingdingyang; the base of its walls is built of granite, and one side of the fort is a raised platform for working the guns. Within the fort's enclosing wall there remain the ruined foundations of the houses in which the soldiers garrisoning the fort lived at the time.

Machine-translated from “赤湾左炮台” on the Chinese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chiwan Left Fort ranks #7,788 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #96 of the 119 mapped in China. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Shenzhen, 19 km away. See how China compares in the castle statistics.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Chiwan Left Fort?

Chiwan Left Fort stands in China, at 22.47161°, 113.88651°.

How famous is Chiwan Left Fort?

In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,788 of 8,134 worldwide, and #96 in China. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.

What is the nearest castle to Chiwan Left Fort?

Kat Hing Wai, about 19 km away.

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