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Taku Forts (Dagukou Forts) 大沽口炮台Dàgūkǒu Pàotái
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Tianjin, Tianjin
- Time needed
- 1.5–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tianjin
- Region
- Tianjin
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Taku Forts (Dagukou Forts)
Coastal forts at the mouth of the Hai River, rebuilt and extended several times under the Qing, which were the main battleground of the Dagu battles of 1858, 1859 and 1860 in the Second Opium War and saw fighting again in 1900. Most of the forts were demolished under the Boxer Protocol; the restored Wei fort on the south bank, opened to visitors in 1997, survives beside a memorial park. A museum in a rust-coloured steel building has galleries on the forts, the wars fought here and the 1901 protocol, and a 3D cinema.
How to get to Taku Forts (Dagukou Forts)
In Dagu on the south bank of the Hai River mouth, Binhai New Area, about 5 km south-south-east of the Binhai New Area government in Tanggu; the museum is closed on Mondays.
Nearby
- Five Great Avenues 五大道 50 km
Leafy lanes of century-old villas from Tianjin's treaty-port days
Also within 20 km: Dagu Dockyard Site (Beiyang Fleet Dockyard) 北洋水师大沽船坞遗址 (under 10 km), Former Tanggu Railway Station (Tanggu South) 塘沽南站 (under 10 km), Tianjin Polar Ocean Park (Haichang Polar Ocean World) 天津极地海洋公园 (under 10 km), Former Huanghai Society for Chemical Industry Research 黄海化学工业研究社旧址 (under 10 km), Tianjin Port Culture and Tourism Area 天津港文化旅游区 (10 km), National Maritime Museum of China 国家海洋博物馆 (20 km).
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