List of castles in Ghana

List of castles in Ghana

architectural ensemble, group of structures or buildings

Pahi la	Forts in Ghana
Tiŋa	Ghana
Tiŋgbaŋ yaɣili calinli	5°6′13″N 1°14′28″W
Heritage designation	World Heritage Site
World Heritage soli	(vi)

 

 From Wikidata

Ghana ni daa na bi deei di maŋsulinsi, sahashɛli bɛ ni daa booni Gold Coast saha, kamani di yi kuli yɛn buɣisi 15th zaŋ chaŋ19th centuries polo, European kasitili ni ŋmaya nyɛla bɛ ni daa mɛ shɛŋa, di pam daa nyɛla Portuguese, Dutch ni British ni mɛ shɛŋa. Di daa nyɛla din gɔhi so' shɛŋa Portuguese ni daa mali niŋdi salima mini daba daabiligu.

Pirimla di ni mali shɛhira ni Afro-European daabiligu, ni Atlantic slave trade maa, ni di taarihi ni West Africa yaɣili, di shɛŋa daa nyɛla World Heritage Site ni daa zaŋ shɛŋa pahi UNESCO ni yuuni 1979.

Kumasi Fort din be Ashanti Region nyɛla Asante king ni daa mɛ shɛli ka di nyɛla gbanpiɛla ŋɔ dini ka o daa tɔɣisi.

Coastal regions

A map of the Gold Coast circa 1700

World Heritage listed forts

Forts mini Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central mini Western Regions nyɛla din zani ti UNESCO European sitaya dina (di bahi bahindi Portuguese, Dutch ni British) zaŋ doli Gold Coast (din pa nyɛ Ghana. TDi pam pa bela World Heritage Site ni zaŋti UNESCO yuuni 1979, n-ti tabili:

• Three castles:
  • Cape Coast at Cape Coast
  • St. George's d’Elmina at Elmina
  • Christiansborg at Osu, Accra
• Fifteen forts:
  • Good Hope at Senya Beraku
  • Patience at Apam
  • Amsterdam at Abandze
  • St. Jago at Elmina
  • San Sebastian at Shama
  • Metal Cross at Dixcove
  • St. Anthony at Axim
  • Orange at Sekondi
  • Fort Groß Friedrichsburg at Prince's Town
  • William (Lighthouse) at Cape Coast
  • William at Anomabu
  • Victoria at Cape Coast
  • Ussher at Usshertown, Accra
  • James at Jamestown, Accra
  • Apollonia at Beyin
• Four forts partially in ruins:
  • Amsterdam at Abandze (Note, this fort is listed both as fort and as fort partially in ruins by UNESCO)
  • English Fort at British Komenda
  • Batenstein at Butre;
  • Prinzensten at Keta
• Ruins with visible structures:
  • Nassau at Mouri
  • Fredensborg at Old Ningo
  • Vredenburg at Dutch Komenda
  • Vernon at Prampram
  • Dorothea at Akwidaa
• Two sites with traces of former fortifications:
  • Frederiksborg at Amanful, Cape Coast
  • Fort Augustaborg at Teshie

• List of castles in Africa

Gallery

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

Other coastal forts

Other coastal forts included in Ghana's material cultural heritage list of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board:

• Fort Fredericksburg at Amanful (distinguished from Fort Frederiksborg/Fort Royal near Cape Coast Castle)
• Fort McCarthy at Cape Coast
• The Little Fort at Anomabu
• Fort Tantumquery at Otuam

Not listed as heritage (mostly largely destroyed or otherwise lost):

• Fort Winneba at Winneba
• Fort Sekondi at Sekondi
• Fort Kongenstein at Ada
• Fort Elize Carthago near Axim
• Fort Ruychaver on the banks of the Ankobra River
• Fort Witsen near Sekondi

Regions of Ghana

By region (from East to 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, 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)

Yaɣa din pahi

• Kumasi Fort in the Ashanti Region.

Lihi pahi

• List of castles in Africa

External links

• Ghana-Net: Forts and Castles of Ghana (with pictures)
• Ghana Place Names: Forts & Castles Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today (meanings and origins of names)