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by European traders & adventurers from Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Germany & Britain to safeguard trading posts.
Several of them changed hands on numerous occasions in bloody battles or by treaty & all have a fascinating history.
Today some have been restored & have a variety of uses while some are in ruins. Most are open to the public.
Fort
William (Anomabu)
Apam Fort
Axim
Fort
The
Entrance to a Slave Dungeon
A
view of the ocean from the Senya Breku Fort
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Ankobra - Fort
Eliza Cathargo
Built by the Dutch in 1702; only traces of ruins are now visible.
Axim - Fort
S.Antonio
Portuguese trading post, 1502.Destroyed by the townspeople in 1514. Second
fort built by the Portuguese on present site in 1515.
Beyin -
Fort Appolonia
Dutch lodge c.1660. British fort built between 1750
& 1770. Reconstructed between 1962 &
1968.
Princesstown
- Groot-Friedrichsburg
or Fort Hollandia
Danish lodge 1658, fort built in 1683.
Takrama - Fort
Sophie Louise
Lodge built by Brandenburgers in 1690, English fort 1691.
Present day - Only the foundations are visible.
Akwida -
Fort Dorothea
Built by Brandenburgers, 1685.
Present day:ruins
Dixcove - Fort Metal Cross
The fort on the bay (Dick's or Dickies Cove). Work commenced in 1683. Restored
1954-66
Butri - Fort Batensteyn
Swedish Post 1650-2. Dutch fort built, 1656.
Sekondi - Fort Orange
Built by the Dutch probably in 1640.
Shama - Fort St. Sebastian
Built as a Dutch lodge in 1526. Portuguese fort built in 1590. Restored
1954-57.
Komenda - Fort Vredenburg
English trading post 1663.
Elmina - Fort St. Jorge
Portuguese reached Elmina (Del Mina) in 1471. Built by Portuguese in 1482.
First European fort on the Gold Coast, improved before 1500.
Elmina - Fort St. Jago (Conraadsburg)
Chapel built between 1555 & 1558 by the Portuguese. Turned into a lodge
& watch tower. Restored 1956 - 60.
Elmina - Watchtower
Presumably Dutch but of unknown date, restored in 1956.
Cape Coast - Cape Coast Castle
Built as a lodge by the Dutch in 1630 on an abandoned lodge built by the
Portuguese. Exstensively rebuilt before 1757 - 80.
Present day: Cape Coast Castle Museum.
Built by the Dutch in 1640.Restored in 1954.
Kormantse - Fort Amsterdam
Dutch trading post 1598.Dutch lodge built in 1631, fort rebuilt by the English in 1645.
Amoku (near Ankafal, Saltpond)
French Post built in 1786.
Tantum - English post intermittently occupied from 1662. English fort built c. 1724.
Apam - Fort Leydsaemheyt (Fort Patience)
Built by the Dutch 1696 - 1702.
Senya Breku - Fort Goedehoop (Good Hope)
Dutch Fort established 1667.
Accra - Fort James
It is likely that there was a Portuguese lodge in the middle of the 16th century (probably by 1576).
Accra - Christianborg Castle
A Portuguese fortified house, 1500.Swedish lodge built in 1652. Rebuilt & used as a residence of the British Gorvenor of the then Gold Coast, 1877-1957. Residence of Prime Minister of Ghana & renamed Government House, Osu, 1957.It became the official residence of Dr. Nkrumah (the then President) 1960 & has since remained the seat of Gorvernment. Frequently rebuilt with additions in recent years.Not open to the public.
Teshie - Fort Augustaborg
Dutch post in 1730 -40s.
Prampram - Fort Vernon
British post in 1740.
Ada - Fort Kongenstein
Portuguese trading place, 16th century.
Keta - Fort Prinsenstein
Danish post established c. 1714.
Fort Victoria - Built by the English 1702.
Fort William - Built by the British 1819 - 20.
Fort McCarthy - Built by the British 1822.
Fort Nassau - at Mourie.
A front view of the Cape Coast Castle.
