In the 16th century, the Dutch built the fortress of Zeelandia on a sandbank in the sea off Tainan City, but the fortress long ago became landlocked and today stands within the city itself, well away from the shore.
十六世紀，荷蘭人在台南市外海沙島上建「熱蘭遮城」，今天早「陸化」為台南市區，已離海岸不知多遠。