Fort Zeelandia
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Fort Zeelandia is a 17th-century coastal fortress in Tainan, Taiwan, originally built by the Dutch and later famed as the site of Koxinga’s siege that ended Dutch colonial rule on the island.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Zeelandia canonical | 10 |
| Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan) | 1 |
| Fort Zeelandia of the Dutch East India Company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11867577 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Zeelandia Context triple: [Kingdom of Tungning, usedFort, Fort Zeelandia]
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A.
Fort Zeelandia
Fort Zeelandia is a historic 17th-century Dutch colonial fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that played a central role in the city’s military and administrative history.
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B.
Fort Oranje
Fort Oranje is a historic Dutch colonial fort that serves as a prominent cultural and architectural landmark in Oranjestad.
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C.
Dutch Fort Negombo
Dutch Fort Negombo is a historic coastal fortress in Negombo, Sri Lanka, originally built and expanded by the Portuguese and Dutch as a strategic colonial stronghold.
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D.
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan that served as the administrative and military center of New Netherland.
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E.
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Amsterdam is a historic European-built coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that played a key role in the trans-Atlantic trade era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Zeelandia Target entity description: Fort Zeelandia is a 17th-century coastal fortress in Tainan, Taiwan, originally built by the Dutch and later famed as the site of Koxinga’s siege that ended Dutch colonial rule on the island.
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A.
Fort Zeelandia
Fort Zeelandia is a historic 17th-century Dutch colonial fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that played a central role in the city’s military and administrative history.
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B.
Fort Oranje
Fort Oranje is a historic Dutch colonial fort that serves as a prominent cultural and architectural landmark in Oranjestad.
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C.
Dutch Fort Negombo
Dutch Fort Negombo is a historic coastal fortress in Negombo, Sri Lanka, originally built and expanded by the Portuguese and Dutch as a strategic colonial stronghold.
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D.
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan that served as the administrative and military center of New Netherland.
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E.
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Amsterdam is a historic European-built coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that played a key role in the trans-Atlantic trade era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fortress
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Dutch colonial architecture ⓘ |
| builder | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| builtBy | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Kingdom of Tungning ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Tainan
ⓘ
Dutch colonial architecture in Taiwan ⓘ Forts in Taiwan ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1634 ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1624 ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Taiwan
ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| currentUse |
heritage site
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| formerName |
Fort Zeelandia of the Dutch East India Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Zeelandia
|
| garrisonedBy |
Dutch soldiers
ⓘ
forces of Koxinga after 1662 ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | national monument of Taiwan ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Siege of Fort Zeelandia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anping District
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ Tainan ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| locatedOn | southwestern coast of Taiwan ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Dutch province of Zeeland
ⓘ
Zeeland ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Anping Harbor
ⓘ
Anping Old Street ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dutch Formosa
ⓘ
linked to:
Formosa
|
| resultOfSiege | end of Dutch colonial rule in Taiwan ⓘ |
| siegeBy |
Koxinga
ⓘ
linked to:
Zeng Chenggong
|
| siegeEndDate | 1662 ⓘ |
| siegeStartDate | 1661 ⓘ |
| significance |
major site of Dutch colonial history in Taiwan
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symbol of the end of Dutch rule in Taiwan ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Dutch rule in Taiwan
ⓘ
Ming–Qing transition ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administration
ⓘ
military defense ⓘ trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Zeelandia Description of subject: Fort Zeelandia is a 17th-century coastal fortress in Tainan, Taiwan, originally built by the Dutch and later famed as the site of Koxinga’s siege that ended Dutch colonial rule on the island.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Zeelandia
linked to: Fort Zeelandia