List of castles in Ghana

This is a list of castles in Ghana.

UNESCO list

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions is the collective designation by UNESCO of European-style fortifications and outposts (mostly Portuguese, Dutch and British) along the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) during the colonial period.

The term specifically applies to 11 ensembles designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979:

• Elmina Castle, Elmina
• Fort Santo Antonio, Axim
• English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda
• Fort Metal Cross (German wiki), Dixcove
• Fort San Sebastian, Shama
• Fort Batenstein^[1], Butri
• Fort Coenraadsburg, Elmina
• Fort Amsterdam, Abandze
• Fort Lijdzaamheid ('Patience'), Apam
• Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast
• Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya Beraku

Other castles

• Osu Castle, Accra, also known as Fort Christiansborg or simply The Castle, the seat of government in Ghana
• Fort William, Anomabu
• Fort Orange, Sekondi
• Ussher Fort^[2], Accra
• Teshie Fort^[3], Accra (Teshie-Nungua)
• Fort Gross-Friedrichsburg (German wiki), Prince's Town
• Fort Prinzenstein, Keta
• Fort Apollonia, Beyin

References

External links

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