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Forts and castles along Ghana's coast can be dated back
to the 15th Century and were built and occupied at different
times by the European Slave traders such as the Portuguese,
Spanish, Swedes, Germans and the British to safeguard trading
posts. Across Ghana vestiges such as national monuments,
historic sites, relics and castles remain for any visitor
to rediscover.
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Fort S. Antonio,
Axim. Portuguese trading post in 1502. It was destroyed
by the townspeople in 1514. The second fort was built by
the Portuguese on the present site in 1515.
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Portuguese Fort
S. Antonio
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| Fort Appolonia, Beyin. Dutch
lodge c. 1660. British fort built between 1750 and 1770.
It was reconstructed between 1962 and 1968. |
Fort ‘ Appolonia’ At Beyin |
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| Groot Friedrichsburg or Fort
Hollandia, Princesstown. Danish lodge in 1658, the fort
was built in 1683. |
Fort Gross Friedrichsburg
at Princess Town (Pokesu)
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| Fort Metal Cross, Dixcove.
The fort on the bay (Dick's or Dickies Cove). Work commenced
in 1683. It was restored between 1954-1966. |
English Fort at Dixcove |
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Fort Leydsaemheyt (Fort Patience),
Apam. Built by the Dutch between 1696-1702.
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Fort Leydsaemheyt (Fort Patience) |
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| Fort Crevecoer (Ussher Fort),
Accra. Dutch post built in 1642. |
Fort Crevecoer (Ussher Fort) |
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| Kumasi Fort – At Kumasi, The
Garden City Of Ghana. Built By The British (1896 – 1900).
At Present Used As Military Museum. |
Kumasi Fort – At Kumasi |
Ghana Tourist Board
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Building history: Albert
van Dantzig, Forts and Castles of Ghana (Accra: Sedco Publishing
Ltd 1980). A.W. Lawrence, Trade Castles and Forts of West
Africa (London: Jonathan Cape 1963), esp. pp. 333-336.
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Ramerini,
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