List of castles in Ghana

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 ebe mostly by de Portuguese, Dutch den British."Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 9 Oct 2022. 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. 

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.

Na sam Asante king originally build Kumasi Fort for de Ashanti Region insyd make he imitate dis colonial forts.Kumasi Fort and Military Museum at www.ghanamuseums.org

 Coastal regions 

 World Heritage dem list forts 
+Forts den Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central den Western RegionsUNESCO World Heritage SiteCape Coast CastleLocationGhanaDey include Fort 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 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:

Three castles:

 Cape Coast for Cape Coast
 St. George's d’Elmina at Elmina
 Christiansborg at Osu, Accra
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

Gallery

 Oda coastal forts 
Oda coastal forts dem include for Ghana ein material cultural heritage list insyd for de Ghana Museums and Monuments Board:Forts and Castles at Ghana Museums and Monuments Board website

 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):

 Volta Region:
 Fort Prinzenstein, Keta (5°55′18″N 0°59′37″E)

 Greater Accra Region:
 Fort Fredensborg, Old Ningo (5°45′04″N 0°11′01″E)
 Fort Vernon, Prampram (5°43′31″N 0°07′00″E)
 Fort Augustaborg, Teshie (5°35′00″N 0°06′00″W)
 Osu Castle (Christiansborg), Accra (5°32′49″N 0°10′57″W)
 Ussher Fort, Accra (5°32′19″N 0°12′30″W)
 Fort James, Accra (5°32′01″N 0°12′40″W)

 Central Region:
 Fort Good Hope (Fort Goede Hoop), Senya Beraku (5°23′15″N 0°29′23″W)
 Fort Lijdzaamheid ('Patience'), Apam (5°17′10″N 0°43′41″W)
 Fort Amsterdam, Abandze (5°11′32″N 1°05′35″W)
 Fort William, Anomabu (5°10′27″N 1°07′08″W)
 Fort Nassau, Moree (5°08′00″N 1°12′00″W)
 Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (5°06′12″N 1°14′33″W)
 Fort William (Lighthouse), Cape Coast (5°06′29″N 1°14′39″W)
 Fort Victoria, Cape Coast (5°06′24″N 1°14′57″W)
 Elmina Castle, Elmina (5°04′57″N 1°20′53″W)
 Fort Coenraadsburg, Elmina (5°05′04″N 1°21′03″W)
 Fort Vredenburgh, Komenda (5°03′06″N 1°29′01″W)
 English Fort, Komenda (5°03′00″N 1°29′22″W)

 Western Region:
 Fort San Sebastian, Shama (5°00′39″N 1°37′45″W)
 Fort Orange, Sekondi (4°56′09″N 1°42′26″W)
 Fort Batenstein, Butri (4°49′37″N 1°55′17″W)
 Fort Metal Cross, Dixcove (4°47′36″N 1°56′42″W)
 Fort Groß Friedrichsburg [de], Prince's Town (4°47′28″N 2°08′02″W)
 Fort Santo Antonio, Axim (4°52′05″N 2°14′40″W)
 Fort Apollonia, Beyin (4°59′15″N 2°35′25″W)

 Oda regions 
Kumasi Fort for de Ashanti Region insyd.

 References 

 External links 

 Ghana-Net: Forts and Castles of Ghana (plus pictures)
 Ghana Place Names: Forts & Castles (meanings den origins of names)

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