Fortress
Takao Fortress
🇹🇼 Taiwan
Takao Fortress (たかおようさい) was a fortress of the Imperial Japanese Army established for the defence of Takao in Taiwan. At the end of the Pacific War it was renamed the 100th Independent Mixed Brigade.
Machine-translated from “高雄要塞” on the Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Takao Fortress ranks #6,303 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #11 of the 21 mapped in Taiwan. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tainan, 41 km away. See how Taiwan compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Takao Fortress?
Takao Fortress stands in Taiwan, at 22.62994°, 120.27156°.
How famous is Takao Fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,303 of 8,134 worldwide, and #11 in Taiwan. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Takao Fortress?
Cihou Fort, about 2 km away.
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