From 1626 to 1642, during the Spanish occupation of northern Taiwan during the Great Navigation Period, San Salvodor was built on Keelung Peace Island. However, as early as hundreds of years before Spain came to Taiwan, the northern part of Taiwan to the northeastern part of Taiwan was already a prosperous area of international trade, and there had been prosperous trade exchanges between northern Taiwan and South Asia and Southeast Asia. The site of the city of San Salvador is not only the historical evidence for the expansion of trade in the Far East by the Spanish Empire during the great voyages; it is also the land story and historical scene of Keelung's participation in the international arena.
According to the map mapping during the Western Dutch and Japanese Occupations, the San Salvador city site is currently speculated to be located in the Keelung factory area of Taiwan International Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.; through ground-penetrating radar detection, it is also known that the city of San Salvador should still be buried underground in the shipyard area. remains.
The city of San Salvador disappeared from the ground
In 1626, Spain occupied the northern part of Taiwan, and immediately began to build a wide and narrow stone fortress in Keelung. In 1634, four bastions were built one after another. However, in the battle with the Netherlands in 1642, only the west side of the fort was left. After the Dutch victory, the old site was expanded into a square bastion, but it was blown up when it exited Keelung the following year. In 1681, Zheng Jing built the city on the old site and entered the Qing Dynasty. Gradually slumped.
In 1936, the Taiwan Historical Data Investigation Office, affiliated to the Research Laboratory of Civil and Ethnography of Taipei Imperial University, conducted archaeological excavations on Sheliao Island in Keelung. This work was mainly focused on making a brief report on the bastion in the northeast. However, after more than three hundred years of changes, the topography has changed drastically, and traces of fortresses were hard to find at that time.
In 2002, Professor Xiaoou Bao of Spain, who teaches at National Taiwan University, invited Professor Li Dehe to use ground-penetrating radar to conduct a survey in the Keelung factory. Suspected relics of the fort were found under the ground near the outfitting factory on the west side of No. 1 Dock, and based on the literature. According to the records of the archives, referring to photos and surveying maps excavated by the Japanese, it is speculated that the main part of the fortress should be in the factory area of the Keelung Factory of Taiwan International Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Archaeological excavations in the past 10 years
From 2011 to 2014, the Taiwan team worked with the Spanish team to jointly implement the National Science Council’s "From the Renaissance to the Neolithic: The Spanish Fortress in Keelung, Taiwan and the Prehistoric Environment of Taiwan’s Austronesian Peoples" research project, launching the first archaeological investigation, Combined with trial excavations; hope to determine the location of the fortress and prove the remains of the fortress of San Salvador. And through the analysis of unearthed archaeological phenomena and relics, it adds physical historical data about the construction of Spanish fortresses and space use, and understands the subsequent changes in order to supplement the history of Spanish colonization in Taiwan.
From November to December 2016, the Taixi team carried out archaeological excavations again to expose the remains of the suspected monastery (the parking lot of Pingyi Road) next to the city of San Salvador, and continue to explore the prehistoric settlement life around the monastery. , Aboriginal life before the arrival of Europeans, and the phenomenon of changes between the Neolithic Age and the Iron Age.
Identify, preserve, maintain, and reproduce the historical scenes of Heping Island
Starting in 2018, the Cultural Bureau of Keelung City Government once again invited the original team to re-execute the archaeological excavation plan. With the support of the project funding of the "Great Keelung Historical Scene Reproduction Integration Project", the Tsinghua University team was officially commissioned to restart the archaeological excavation operation. Zang Zhenhua The academician served as the host and invited Spanish scholars and archaeological teams to participate. Aiming at the parking lot of Pingyi Road, it was speculated that it should be the site of a monastery and a comprehensive archaeological excavation was carried out.
However, due to the daily business use of the Keelung Shipyard, it is not yet possible to enter the factory area and excavate the remains of the fortress in the factory area. Archeological excavations can only be carried out on the monastery site of the same age. However, through the analysis of unearthed cultural relics, it is known that Heping Island contains rich cultural heritage from the Neolithic Age, the Iron Age, and the Great Maritime Age.
From 1626 to 1642, during the Spanish occupation of northern Taiwan during the Great Navigation Period, San Salvodor was built on Keelung Peace Island. However, as early as hundreds of years before Spain came to Taiwan, the northern part of Taiwan to the northeastern part of Taiwan was already a prosperous area of international trade, and there had been prosperous trade exchanges between northern Taiwan and South Asia and Southeast Asia. The site of the city of San Salvador is not only the historical evidence for the expansion of trade in the Far East by the Spanish Empire during the great voyages; it is also the land story and historical scene of Keelung's participation in the international arena.
According to the map mapping during the Western Dutch and Japanese Occupations, the San Salvador city site is currently speculated to be located in the Keelung factory area of Taiwan International Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.; through ground-penetrating radar detection, it is also known that the city of San Salvador should still be buried underground in the shipyard area. remains.
The city of San Salvador disappeared from the ground
In 1626, Spain occupied the northern part of Taiwan, and immediately began to build a wide and narrow stone fortress in Keelung. In 1634, four bastions were built one after another. However, in the battle with the Netherlands in 1642, only the west side of the fort was left. After the Dutch victory, the old site was expanded into a square bastion, but it was blown up when it exited Keelung the following year. In 1681, Zheng Jing built the city on the old site and entered the Qing Dynasty. Gradually slumped.
In 1936, the Taiwan Historical Data Investigation Office, affiliated to the Research Laboratory of Civil and Ethnography of Taipei Imperial University, conducted archaeological excavations on Sheliao Island in Keelung. This work was mainly focused on making a brief report on the bastion in the northeast. However, after more than three hundred years of changes, the topography has changed drastically, and traces of fortresses were hard to find at that time.
In 2002, Professor Xiaoou Bao of Spain, who teaches at National Taiwan University, invited Professor Li Dehe to use ground-penetrating radar to conduct a survey in the Keelung factory. Suspected relics of the fort were found under the ground near the outfitting factory on the west side of No. 1 Dock, and based on the literature. According to the records of the archives, referring to photos and surveying maps excavated by the Japanese, it is speculated that the main part of the fortress should be in the factory area of the Keelung Factory of Taiwan International Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Archaeological excavations in the past 10 years
From 2011 to 2014, the Taiwan team worked with the Spanish team to jointly implement the National Science Council’s "From the Renaissance to the Neolithic: The Spanish Fortress in Keelung, Taiwan and the Prehistoric Environment of Taiwan’s Austronesian Peoples" research project, launching the first archaeological investigation, Combined with trial excavations; hope to determine the location of the fortress and prove the remains of the fortress of San Salvador. And through the analysis of unearthed archaeological phenomena and relics, it adds physical historical data about the construction of Spanish fortresses and space use, and understands the subsequent changes in order to supplement the history of Spanish colonization in Taiwan.
From November to December 2016, the Taixi team carried out archaeological excavations again to expose the remains of the suspected monastery (the parking lot of Pingyi Road) next to the city of San Salvador, and continue to explore the prehistoric settlement life around the monastery. , Aboriginal life before the arrival of Europeans, and the phenomenon of changes between the Neolithic Age and the Iron Age.
Identify, preserve, maintain, and reproduce the historical scenes of Heping Island
Starting in 2018, the Cultural Bureau of Keelung City Government once again invited the original team to re-execute the archaeological excavation plan. With the support of the project funding of the "Great Keelung Historical Scene Reproduction Integration Project", the Tsinghua University team was officially commissioned to restart the archaeological excavation operation. Zang Zhenhua The academician served as the host and invited Spanish scholars and archaeological teams to participate. Aiming at the parking lot of Pingyi Road, it was speculated that it should be the site of a monastery and a comprehensive archaeological excavation was carried out.
However, due to the daily business use of the Keelung Shipyard, it is not yet possible to enter the factory area and excavate the remains of the fortress in the factory area. Archeological excavations can only be carried out on the monastery site of the same age. However, through the analysis of unearthed cultural relics, it is known that Heping Island contains rich cultural heritage from the Neolithic Age, the Iron Age, and the Great Maritime Age.
