Smack on top of the hill over the town is Fort Santo Domingo, which faces Kuanyin Mountain and gazes off in the distance at the mouth of the Tamsui River. It's been peering down at the people of Tamsui as they go about their business for 358 years.
紅毛城雄踞山頂，面對觀音山，眺望淡水河口，它俯視淡水居民晨作夜息三百五十八個年頭，「做淡水都市規劃、設計時，要尊重、延續、活用的就是紅毛城對整個淡水所具有的真實活力」，那位憂心忡忡的建築師王鎮華在報上說。