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List of castles in Ghana

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Forts in Ghana
architectural ensemble, group of structures or buildings
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During de colonial period for Ghana (at de time known as Gold Coast) dat be roughly 15th through 19th centuries, Dem build European-style coastal forts den castles, wey ebi mostly by de Portuguese, Dutch den British.[1] Dese forts link de trading routes wey dem establish by de Portuguese wey na edey serve as important market places for gold den slave trades.[1]

Secof dema testimony to precolonial den colonial Afro-European commerce (wey dey include Atlantic slave trade) den dema profound effect on de history of West Africa, dem designate dese fortifications den outposts chaw for World Heritage Site by UNESCO for 1979 insyd.[1]

Na sam Asante king originally build Kumasi Fort for de Ashanti Region insyd make he imitate dis colonial forts.[2]

Coastal regions

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World Heritage dem list forts

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Forts den Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central den Western Regions
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Cape Coast Castle
Location Ghana
Dey include
  1. Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop)
  2. Cape Coast Castle
  3. Fort Patience (Fort Leysaemhyt)
  4. Fort Amsterdam
  5. Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg)
  6. Fort Batenstein
  7. Fort San Sebastian
  8. Fort Metal Cross
  9. English Fort (Fort Vredenburg)
  10. Fort Saint Antony
  11. Elmina Castle (St. George's Castle / Fort St. Jorge)
Criteria Cultural: (vi)
Reference 34
Inscription 1979 (3rd Session)

Forts den Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central den Western Regions be de collective designation by UNESCO of European-style fortifications den outposts (mostly Portuguese, Dutch den British) along de Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) during de colonial period. De term specifically dey apply to number of such fortifications dem designate as World Heritage Site by UNESCO insyd 1979, dey include:[1]

Three castles:

Fifteen forts:

  • Good Hope for Senya Beraku
  • Patience for Apam
  • Amsterdam for Abandze
  • St. Jago for Elmina
  • San Sebastian for Shama
  • Metal Cross for Dixcove
  • St. Anthony for Axim
  • Orange for Sekondi
  • Fort Groß Friedrichsburg [de] for Prince's Town
  • William (Lighthouse) for Cape Coast
  • William for Anomabu
  • Victoria for Cape Coast
  • Ussher for Usshertown, Accra
  • James for Jamestown, Accra
  • Apollonia for Beyin

Four forts partially dey ruins insyd:

  • Amsterdam for Abandze (Note, UNESCO list dis fort as both fort den as fort partially in ruins)
  • English Fort for British Komenda
  • Batenstein for Butre;
  • Prinzensten for Keta

Ruins plus visible structures:

  • Nassau for Mouri
  • Fredensborg for Old Ningo
  • Vredenburg for Dutch Komenda
  • Vernon for Prampram
  • Dorothea for Akwidaa

Two sites plus traces of former fortifications:

  • Frederiksborg for Amanful, Cape Coast
  • Fort Augustaborg for Teshie
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Oda coastal forts

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Oda coastal forts dem include for Ghana ein material cultural heritage list insyd for de Ghana Museums and Monuments Board:[3]

  • Fort Fredericksburg for Amanful (dem distinguish am from Fort Frederiksborg/Fort Royal near Cape Coast Castle)
  • Fort McCarthy for Cape Coast
  • The Little Fort for Anomabu
  • Fort Tantumquery for Otuam

Dem no list as heritage (mostly largely dem destroy anaa odawise dem lost):

  • Fort Winneba for Winneba
  • Fort Sekondi for Sekondi
  • Fort Kongenstein for Ada
  • Fort Elize Carthago near Axim
  • Fort Ruychaver for de banks of de Ankobra River
  • Fort Witsen near Sekondi

By region (from East go West):

Oda regions

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Kumasi Fort for de Ashanti Region insyd.[2]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/34/
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://www.ghanamuseums.org/kumasi-fort-millitary-museum.php
  3. https://www.ghanamuseums.org/forts/forts-castles.php