In the case of Tainan's Fort Zeelandia, they also implemented advanced city planning concepts, including the construction of inner and outer walls, observation and canon platforms, and a gallows representing their authority.
以首都「熱蘭遮城」（台南安平古堡）來說，荷人建城時已有先進的市鎮規劃概念，不僅有內城、外城，有瞭望台和砲台，城堡左下方廣場還設立了象徵統治威信的絞首架。