During the colonial period in Ghana, at the time known as the Gold Coast, roughly corresponding to the 15th through 19th centuries, European-style coastal forts and castles were built, mostly by the Portuguese, Dutch and British.[1] These forts linked the trading routes established by the Portuguese and acted as important market places for the gold and slave trades.[1]
Because of their testimony to precolonial and colonial Afro-European commerce, including the Atlantic slave trade, and their profound effect on the history of West Africa, a number of these fortifications and outposts were designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979.[1]
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 a number of such fortifications designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979, including:[1]
Ghana Place Names: Forts & Castles (meanings and origins of names)
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During the colonial period in Ghana at the time known as the Gold Coast roughly corresponding to the 15th through 19th centuries European style coastal forts and castles were built mostly by the Portuguese Dutch and British 1 These forts linked the trading routes established by the Portuguese and acted as important market places for the gold and slave trades 1 A map of the Gold Coast circa 1700Because of their testimony to precolonial and colonial Afro European commerce including the Atlantic slave trade and their profound effect on the history of West Africa a number of these fortifications and outposts were designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979 1 Kumasi Fort in the Ashanti Region was originally built by an Asante king in imitation of these colonial forts 2 Contents 1 Coastal regions 1 1 World Heritage listed forts 1 1 1 Gallery 1 2 Other coastal forts 2 Other regions 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCoastal regions EditWorld Heritage listed forts Edit Forts and Castles Volta Greater Accra Central and Western RegionsUNESCO World Heritage Site nbsp Cape Coast CastleLocation nbsp GhanaIncludesFort Good Hope Fort Goedehoop Cape Coast Castle Fort Patience Fort Leysaemhyt Fort Amsterdam Fort St Jago Fort Conraadsburg Fort Batenstein Fort San Sebastian Fort Metal Cross English Fort Fort Vredenburg Fort Saint Antony Elmina Castle St George s Castle Fort St Jorge CriteriaCultural vi Reference34Inscription1979 3rd Session 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 a number of such fortifications designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979 including 1 Three castles Cape Coast at Cape Coast St George s d Elmina at Elmina Christiansborg at Osu Accra Fifteen forts Good Hope at Senya Beraku Patience at Apam Amsterdam at Abandze St Jago at Elmina San Sebastian at Shama Metal Cross at Dixcove St Anthony at Axim Orange at Sekondi Fort Gross Friedrichsburg de at Prince s Town William Lighthouse at Cape Coast William at Anomabu Victoria at Cape Coast Ussher at Usshertown Accra James at Jamestown Accra Apollonia at Beyin Four forts partially in ruins Amsterdam at Abandze Note this fort is listed both as fort and as fort partially in ruins by UNESCO English Fort at British Komenda Batenstein at Butre Prinzensten at Keta Ruins with visible structures Nassau at Mouri Fredensborg at Old Ningo Vredenburg at Dutch Komenda Vernon at Prampram Dorothea at Akwidaa Two sites with traces of former fortifications Frederiksborg at Amanful Cape Coast Fort Augustaborg at TeshieGallery Edit nbsp Fort Sao Sebastiao de Xama nbsp Fort William nbsp Fort Amsterdam Ghana nbsp Fort Batenstein nbsp Fort Christiansborg nbsp Fort Victoria Cape Coast nbsp Fort Metal CrossOther coastal forts Edit Other coastal forts included in Ghana s material cultural heritage list of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board 3 Fort Fredericksburg at Amanful distinguished from Fort Frederiksborg Fort Royal near Cape Coast Castle Fort McCarthy at Cape Coast The Little Fort at Anomabu Fort Tantumquery at OtuamNot listed as heritage mostly largely destroyed or otherwise lost Fort Winneba at Winneba Fort Sekondi at Sekondi Fort Kongenstein at Ada Fort Elize Carthago near Axim Fort Ruychaver on the banks of the Ankobra River Fort Witsen near Sekondi nbsp Regions of GhanaBy region from East to West Volta Region Fort Prinzenstein Keta 5 55 18 N 0 59 37 E 5 92167 N 0 99361 E 5 92167 0 99361 Greater Accra Region Fort Fredensborg Old Ningo 5 45 04 N 0 11 01 E 5 751 N 0 1835 E 5 751 0 1835 Fort Vernon Prampram 5 43 31 N 0 07 00 E 5 7253 N 0 1168 E 5 7253 0 1168 Fort Augustaborg Teshie 5 35 00 N 0 06 00 W 5 583333 N 0 100000 W 5 583333 0 100000 Osu Castle Christiansborg Accra 5 32 49 N 0 10 57 W 5 54694 N 0 18250 W 5 54694 0 18250 Ussher Fort Accra 5 32 19 N 0 12 30 W 5 5385 N 0 2082 W 5 5385 0 2082 Fort James Accra 5 32 01 N 0 12 40 W 5 5337 N 0 2111 W 5 5337 0 2111 Central Region Fort Good Hope Fort Goede Hoop Senya Beraku 5 23 15 N 0 29 23 W 5 3874 N 0 4898 W 5 3874 0 4898 Fort Lijdzaamheid Patience Apam 5 17 10 N 0 43 41 W 5 286 N 0 7281 W 5 286 0 7281 Fort Amsterdam Abandze 5 11 32 N 1 05 35 W 5 192222 N 1 093056 W 5 192222 1 093056 Fort William Anomabu 5 10 27 N 1 07 08 W 5 17419 N 1 1189 W 5 17419 1 1189 Fort Nassau Moree 5 08 00 N 1 12 00 W 5 133333 N 1 2 W 5 133333 1 2 Cape Coast Castle Cape Coast 5 06 12 N 1 14 33 W 5 10333 N 1 24250 W 5 10333 1 24250 Fort William Lighthouse Cape Coast 5 06 29 N 1 14 39 W 5 10797 N 1 24428 W 5 10797 1 24428 Fort Victoria Cape Coast 5 06 24 N 1 14 57 W 5 1068 N 1 2491 W 5 1068 1 2491 Elmina Castle Elmina 5 04 57 N 1 20 53 W 5 082600 N 1 348100 W 5 082600 1 348100 Fort Coenraadsburg Elmina 5 05 04 N 1 21 03 W 5 08444 N 1 35083 W 5 08444 1 35083 Fort Vredenburgh Komenda 5 03 06 N 1 29 01 W 5 051745 N 1 483541 W 5 051745 1 483541 English Fort Komenda 5 03 00 N 1 29 22 W 5 050000 N 1 489444 W 5 050000 1 489444 Western Region Fort San Sebastian Shama 5 00 39 N 1 37 45 W 5 010825 N 1 629199 W 5 010825 1 629199 Fort Orange Sekondi 4 56 09 N 1 42 26 W 4 9357 N 1 7073 W 4 9357 1 7073 Fort Batenstein Butri 4 49 37 N 1 55 17 W 4 826944 N 1 921389 W 4 826944 1 921389 Fort Metal Cross Dixcove 4 47 36 N 1 56 42 W 4 79335 N 1 9451 W 4 79335 1 9451 Fort Gross Friedrichsburg de Prince s Town 4 47 28 N 2 08 02 W 4 791083 N 2 133889 W 4 791083 2 133889 Fort Santo Antonio Axim 4 52 05 N 2 14 40 W 4 8680 N 2 2444 W 4 8680 2 2444 Fort Apollonia Beyin 4 59 15 N 2 35 25 W 4 9874 N 2 5902 W 4 9874 2 5902 Other regions EditKumasi Fort in the Ashanti Region 2 See also EditList of castles in AfricaReferences Edit a b c d Forts and Castles Volta Greater Accra Central and Western Regions UNESCO World Heritage Convention Retrieved 9 Oct 2022 a b Kumasi Fort and Military Museum at www wbr ghanamuseums wbr org Forts and Castles at Ghana Museums and Monuments Board websiteExternal links EditGhana Net Forts and Castles of Ghana with pictures Ghana Place Names Forts amp Castles meanings and origins of names Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of castles in Ghana amp oldid 1171071529, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
