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Puzhuang Fortress 蒲壮所城Púzhuàng Suǒchéng
National heritage site · Wenzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wenzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Puzhuang Fortress
A Ming coastal fortress near the Zhejiang–Fujian border, begun in 1384 against Japanese pirate raids and still a lived-in walled town, now called Pucheng. Its stone-faced walls, curved on the hill side and straight towards the sea, have three gates with square barbicans, and the street plan inside is unchanged since the Ming, with the City God temple, a Mazu temple and Ming-era houses. The national listing also covers the smaller Baiwan fort at Chixi and the Zhuangshi fort.
How to get to Puzhuang Fortress
In Pucheng, about 4 km south-west of Mazhan in southern Cangnan and about 30 km south of Lingxi; buses run via Mazhan.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Yuliao Beach 渔寮 (under 10 km), Fanshan Alum Mine 矾山矾矿遗址 (10 km), Chixi Five-Span Bridge 赤溪五洞桥 (10 km).
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