Nestled behind the imposing Dazhong Temple crouches a nondescript, circular construction, roughly as tall as a person. Though it was at one point decorated with plastered-on Western-style art, this art has largely faded or peeled off, giving a ragged, abandoned feel. The few tourists who notice the concrete structure would be forgiven if they assumed it to be a storage shed. But it is a tomb intended to house the bones of 17th-century Dutch soldiers. The Dutch held Taiwan as a colonial outpost from 1624 until 1662, with their former…
