List of castles in Africa

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This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.

Contents 1 Angola 2 Egypt 3 Ethiopia 4 Gambia 5 Ghana 6 Kenya 7 Libya 8 Mozambique 9 Senegal 10 South Africa 11 Tanzania 12 Zimbabwe

[edit] Angola

• Fort Naulila, Cunene Province
• Fort Cuangar, Cunene Province

[edit] Egypt

• Buhen (c.1860 BCE)
• Cairo Citadel (12th century)
• Citadel of Qaitbay (15th century)

[edit] Ethiopia

• Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar (17th century)

[edit] Gambia

• Fort James (1651)
• Fort Jillifree, Jufureh

[edit] Ghana

Main articles: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions and Dutch Gold Coast

• Fort Amsterdam, Abandze, Cormantin (1665-1721, 1785-1867)
• Fort Apollonia, Benyin (16..-16.., 1868-1871)
• Fort Saint Antony, Axim (February 1642-1664, 1665-71)
• Fort Batenstein, Butri (1656-1665, 1666-1871)
• Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1688-1782, 16 April 1659-May 1659)
• Fort Crêvecoeur, Accra (1649-1782, 1785-1867/8)
• Fort Dorothea, Akwida (1687-1698, 1711-1712, 1732-1804)
• Elmina Castle, Elmina (1482)
• English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda (1785-1871)
• Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya Beraku (1667/1705-1782, 1785-1868)
• Fort Hollandia (1725-1815, previously Gross-Friedrichsburg, part of the former Brandenburger Gold Coast settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
• Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina
• Fort Metal Cross (Metaal Kruis), Dixcove (1868-1871)
• Fort Nassau, present Mouri (1598/1611-1664, 1665-1782, 1785-1867)
• Fort Oranje, Sekondi (1640-1871)
• Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg), Osu, Accra
• Fort Patience (Fort Leydsaemhyt), Apam (1697-1782,1785-1868)
• Fort Prinzenstein, Keta
• Fort San Sebastian, Shema (1637-1664,1664-1871)

[edit] Kenya

• Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya (1593-)

[edit] Libya

• El Tag, Kufra Oasis (mid-1930s)
• Fort Capuzzo

[edit] Mozambique

• Fort San Caetano, Sofala (1505)
• St. Sebastiao (1558-1608)

[edit] Senegal

• Fort Nassau
• Fort Oranje

[edit] South Africa

• Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape Province (1822-1837)
• Castle On the Cliff
• Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (1847)
• Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666)
• Greylingstad, Mpumalanga (c.1900)
• Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century)
• Knoetzie Castles
• Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s)
• Fort Mistake, Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
• Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga

[edit] Tanzania

• Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort), Stone Town, Zanzibar (c. 1700)

[edit] Zimbabwe

• Fort Victoria (Masvingo)
• Great Zimbabwe (11th-15th century)