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List of castles in Ghana

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Location
  
Ghana

Criteria
  
vi

UNESCO region
  
Africa

Type
  
Cultural

Reference
  
34

Inscription
  
1979 (3rd Session)

List of castles in Ghana

This is a list of castles in Ghana.

Contents

UNESCO list

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions is the collective designation by UNESCO of European-style fortifications and outposts (mostly Portuguese, Dutch and British) along the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) during the colonial period.

The term specifically applies to 11 ensembles designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979:

Central Region

  • Elmina Castle, Elmina
  • English Fort (Fort Vredenburgh), Komenda
  • Fort Metal Cross, Dixcove
  • Fort Coenraadsburg, Elmina
  • Fort Amsterdam, Abandze
  • Fort Lijdzaamheid ('Patience'), Apam
  • Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast
  • Fort Good Hope (Fort Goede Hoop), Senya Beraku
  • Fort William, Anomabu
  • Fort Apollonia, Beyin

    • Volta Region

  • Fort Prinzenstein, Keta

    • Greater Accra Region

  • Osu Castle, Accra, also known as Fort Christiansborg or simply The Castle, the seat of government
  • Usher Fort, Accra
  • Teshie Fort, Accra (Teshie-Nungua)

    • Western Region

    Fort Orange, Sekondi

  • Fort San Sebastian, Shama
  • Fort Batenstein, Butri
  • Fort Santo Antonio, Axim
  • Fort Apollonia, Beyin.
  • Fort Groot-Friedrichsburg (German wiki), Prince's Town

    • Other castles

    Kumasi Fort

    References

    List of castles in Ghana Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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