Fort Apollonia

castle
Part of	Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Country	Ghana
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Western Region
Ein location	Beyin
Coordinate location	4°59′13″N 2°35′24″W
Heritage designation	Ghana’s material cultural heritage
World Heritage criteria	(vi)
Ghana Place Names URL	https://sites.google.com/site/ghanaplacenames/places-in-perspective/castles-forts#h.90slls4lwwcl

Fort Apollonia be a fort insyd Beyin, Ghana. Na dem give de name Apollonia to de area by a Portuguese explorer wey na he sight de place on de Feast of Saint Apollonia, 9 February.^[1] Secof ein importance during de European colonial period den ein testimony to de Atlantic slave trade, na dem inscribe Fort Apollonia on de UNESCO World Heritage List along plus chaw oda forts den castles insyd Ghana insyd 1979.^[2]

History

Na de Swedes establish a trading post for Apollona as part of de Swedish Gold Coast between 1655 den 1657. Insyd 1691, na dem erect a British trading post for dis site, wich between 1768 den 1770 na dem extend am into a fort.

After de abolition of slave trade, na dem abandon de fort insyd 1819, buh na dem san occupy am from 1836 dey go.

Na dem transfer de fort to de Dutch as part of a large trade of forts between Britain den de Netherlands insyd 1868, on wich occasion na dem rename am Fort Willem III, after King William III of de Netherlands. Four years later, however, on 6 April 1872, na de fort be, along plus de entire Dutch Gold Coast, na dem san transfer to de United Kingdom, as per de Gold Coast treaty of 1871.

Current Situation

Na de British bombard de fort insyd 1873 on de attack of Beyin on account of ein coalition plus de Ashantis. Na dem rehabilitate am insyd 1962 wey na dem plete am insyd 1968 by de Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

Fort Apollonia dey house de Museum of Nzema Culture and History, wich na dem gbele insyd 2010.^[3]