Fan Lau Fort | |
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Native name 分流炮台 (Chinese) | |
Location | Fan Lau, Lantau Island, Hong Kong |
Built | 1729 |
Designated | 13 November 1981 |
Reference no. | 11 |
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Traditional Chinese | 分流炮台 | ||||||||
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Fan Lau Fort is a former military fortification located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Named after the eponymous peninsula it is situated on, it was built in 1729 during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, a hundred and twelve years before the British took possession of Hong Kong. Abandoned in 1898, it became a declared monument of Hong Kong in 1981.