漁翁島燈塔 Yuwengdao Lighthouse

漁翁島燈塔

西嶼鄉景點，位於外垵村。此地西側海域「西流」湍急，自古即為澎湖第三大危險的海域，所以在此設置燈塔巡航的歷史十分悠久。此外，由於地處西隅，從燈塔西望的「西嶼落霞」，自清代方志便有「澎湖八景」之譽。

早在十七世紀荷領時期，德裔的牧師甘治士（Georgius Candidius）便有留下造訪澎湖漁翁島燈塔的文字紀錄。

說起這位甘治士，是為了躲避30年戰爭而離開家鄉才當上傳教士。他受僱於荷蘭東印度公司遠赴台灣（熱蘭遮城），滯留之時，除了對西拉雅族（Siraya）進行宣教事業外，同時也留下不少采風筆記，更成為台灣人研究早期平埔族史的珍貴資料。

甘治士行跡甚廣，除了經行澎湖之外，甚至也去過南投的日月潭，西方十九世紀的資料之中，「甘治士湖」就是現在日月潭的當時的稱呼。

漁翁島燈塔由於扼守媽宮海灣，戰略位置重要性不言而喻。在1885年（光緒11年）「清法戰爭」中的「澎湖之役」，也曾配置有砲台與重兵戌守，但因時任指揮官周善初在戰時未派駐砲兵，漁翁島燈塔的砲台並未直接參予澎湖之役。

Yuwengdao Lighthouse

At Wai’an Village, Xiyu Township. It is located at the most western side of Penghu Main Island, and it stood there for taking care those fishing boats crossed one of the dangerous currents was over than 300 years at least.

Georgius Candidius (1597-1647), he was from the present Germany, when he was young, in order to escape the Thirty Years’ War, he left his hometown and went to the Netherlands, finally became a missionary of Dutch Reformed Church.

1627, VOC employed Candidius and sent him to Taiwan (actually it’s Tainan) for evangelical reason. Before he arrived at Taiwan main island, Candidius ever stayed this lighthouse for a couple days in a written form.

Not only Penghu and Tainan, Candidius went to many places in Taiwan then. For example, one of a famous tourist attraction:  Sun Moon Lake named after Candidius during the 19th century.