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| Fort Amsterdam, Kormantse.
Dutch trading post in 1595. Dutch built lodge in 1631,
fort rebuilt by the English in 1645. |
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| French post, Amoku. Near
(Anakfal or Saltpond) built in 1786. |
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| English post, Tantum. English
post intermittently occupied from 1662. English fort built
in 1724. |
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| Fort Goedehoop (Good Hope),
Senya Beraku. Dutch fort established in 1667. |
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| Fort Lames, Accra. It may
have been a Portuguese lodge around 1576 |
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| Christianborg Castle, Accra.
A Portuguese fortified house in 1500. Swedish lodge
built in 1652. Rebuilt and used as a residence of the British
Governor of the Gold Coast between 1877 and 1957. The residence
of Prime Minister of Ghana and renamed Government House,
Osu in 1957. It then became the official residence of Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah in 1960 and has remained the seat of Government.
It has been frequently rebuilt with additions in recent
years. Not open to the general public. |
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| Fort Augustaborg, Teshie.
Dutch post in 1730-1740's. |
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| Fort Vernon, Prampram.
British post in 1740. |
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| Fort Kongenstein, Ada.
Portuguese trading place in the 16th Century. |
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| Fort Batensteyn, Butri. Swedish
post 1650-1652. Dutch fort built, 1656. |
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| Fort Orange, Sekondi. Probably
built by the Dutch in 1640. |
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| Fort Sophie Louise, Takrama.
The lodge was built by Brandenburgers in 1690, English fort
1691. In the present day, only the foundations are visible. |
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| Fort Dorothea, Akwida.
Built by Brandenburgers in 1685. Present day it is in ruins. |
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| Fort Vredenburg, Komenda. An
English trading post in 1663. |
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| Fort St. Jago (Conraadsburg),
Elmina. The chapel was built between 1555-1558 by the
Portuguese. Turned into a lodge and watchtower. It was restored
between 1956-1960. |
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| Watchtower, Elmina. It
is presumed to be Dutch but of unknown date, it was restored
in 1956. |
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| Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast.
Built as a lodge by the Dutch in 1630 on an abandoned lodge
built earlier by the Portuguese. Extensively rebuilt before
1757-1780. Present day it is the Cape Coast Castle Museum.
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| Fort Victoria, Cape Coast. Built
by the English in 1702, |
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| Fort William, Cape Coast.
Built by the British between 1819-1820. |
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| Fort McCarthy, Cape Coast.
Built by the British in 1822. |
| Fort Eliza Cathargo, Ankobra.
Built by the Dutch in 1702, only traces of the ruins are
now visible. |
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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.
www.ambaccra.nl/pages/c_forts.html |
Copyright © 1998, Marco
Ramerini,
www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/6497/ghana.html |
