Fortress
Fan Lau Fort
🇨🇳 China · 18th century
Fan Lau Fort is a former military fortification located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Named after the eponymous peninsula it is situated on, it was built in 1729 during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, a hundred and twelve years before the British took possession of Hong Kong. Abandoned in 1898, it became a declared monument of Hong Kong in 1981.
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Fan Lau Fort ranks #2,963 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #14 of the 18 mapped in China. Founded 1729, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 329 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
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