17世紀初，西方殖民主義浪潮湧至中國沿海。荷蘭人以軍商結合的隊伍，於1624年進佔今日安平，並建造熱蘭遮城，全部工程完成於1634年。明鄭時期，因鄭成功父子居住此地，乃又稱「王城」、「安平城」或「台灣城」。日據後重建，遂稱「安平古堡」。目前真正的荷蘭時期遺跡，僅存古堡北側平台下兩段當年內城半圓堡殘蹟，老榕盤根，無限滄桑，見證著三百年的台江風雲。

In the late years of the 17th century, the tides of western colonialism came ashore onto the coasts of China. The Dutch invaded and seized Anping as a military and commercial base in 1624. They began to construct a fort named Fort Zeelandia, which was completed in 1634. Because Cheng Chengkung and his son resided in the fort during the Ming dynasty, it was also called “Imperial Castle,” “Anping Fort,” or “Taiwan City.” In the wake of the Taiwan Retrocession, the fort was reconstructed and called “Anping Fort.” The only remains of the Dutch-built Fort Zeelandia are two semispherical fort fragments on the outer wall along the road in front of the fort. An old banyan tree clinging to the outer wall has witnessed the various historic changes of the fort over the past 300 years.