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. 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.

Forts in Ghana

architectural ensemble, group of structures or buildings

Country	Ghana

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.

Coastal regions

World Heritage dem list forts

Forts den Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central den Western Regions

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Cape Coast Castle
Location	Ghana
Dey 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)
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:

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

• 
  Fort São Sebastião de Xama.
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  Fort William (Ghana).
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  Fort Amsterdam (Ghana)
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  Fort Batenstein
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  Fort Christiansborg
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  Fort Victoria, Cape Coast
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  Fort Metal Cross

Oda coastal forts

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

• 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.

External links

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