The Deyue Gun Tower () is a
tower
A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures.
Towers are specifi ...
in
Jincheng Township
Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Henan province to the south and southeast. It is an industrial city in an area where coal mining is an important industry. The entire city has a population ...
,
Kinmen County,
Fujian Province
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its cap ...
,
Republic of China.
History
The tower was built in 1931 by Huang Hui-huang, a wealthy merchant from Shuitou.
Architecture
The tower stands at a height of 11 meters.
See also
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List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
References
1931 establishments in Taiwan
Buildings and structures in Kinmen County
Jincheng Township
Tourist attractions in Kinmen County
Towers completed in 1931
Towers in Taiwan
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