Fort Amsterdam (Cormantin) - Abandze
History has it that, in 1631, a renegade employee of the Dutch West Indian Company called Arent Groote, acting on behalf of the English Company of Adventurers Trading to Guynney and Binney, signed an .... |
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Fort St. Sebastian - Shama
Fort St. Sebastian was originally constructed and named by the Portuguese c.1520-26. However, its first appearance on a map was in the context of Di Castaldi's Venetian map of 1564. In putting up the .... |
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Fort Patience - Apam
In the late 17th century, the small state of Acorn - sandwiched between the larger British allies of Agona and Fante sought to have a strong fort built on its territory to defend it in case of attack..... |
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Fort Good Hope - Senya Beraku
Thanks to their establishment of a lodge at Senya Beraku in 1667, the Dutch entered into a long-standing relationship with the Agona State. Its chief subsequently requested the Dutch to build a perman.... |
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Cape Coast Castle
The strategic location of Cape Coast having a sheltered beach in proximity to Elmina Castle made it a great attraction to the European nations. Hence, for nearly a century, there was a ding-dong compe.... |
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Fort St. Anthonio - Axim
Following the establishment of their headquarters at Elmina, the Portuguese, in an effort to maintain their monopoly and exclude foreign ships from the gold markets, built a trade post in 1503 at Axim.... |
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Fort St. Jago (Coenraadsburg) - Elmina
In 1503, according to historical narration by the Portuguese Diego de Alvarenga, a Portuguese missionary converted and baptized the paramount chief of the Efutu Kingdom on the Mina coast together with.... |
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Fort Apollonia - Beyin
A long sandy beach interrupted by lagoons and swamps characterizes the coastlands west of the mouth of the River Ankobra. At Beyin, however, there is a stretch of flat solid sandy ground above the bea.... |
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Fort Batenstein - Butre
Butre village is located in a sheltered bay amidst the forests of Ahantaland, east of Cape Three Points. Like Dixcove and Fredericksburg, it was among the early historic settlements generated by the 1.... |
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Fort Orange - Sekondi
The coast at Sekondi became another theatre of European trade competition in the 17th and 18th centuries. The competition often degenerated into hostilities as local Hanta peoples were ranged in oppos.... |
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Fort Metal Cross - Dixcove
In the 1680's, the Ahantaland around Inhuman settlement was a bone of contention between the English and the Brandenburg. The English were determined to acquire land there to build a fort because many.... |
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Friederichsburg at Princess town
Located on Manfro Hill 5km east of Fort St. Antonio, this fort was built by the Brandeburgers in 1683.
It was taken over by an Ahantan, Chief John Conney in 1708 and recaptured in 1725 by the D.... |
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Fort William - Anomabu
Anomabu became the focus of intense European trade rivalry in the 17th and 18th centuries, partly because of its easy access to a rich hinterland and partly because the local Anomabu were themselves p.... |
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Christiansborg Castle - Accra
Christiansborg Castle is unique among the castles and forts as it served as Government House during various periods in the 19th and 20th centuries and continues to play that role today.
The bui.... |
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Elmina Castle
The Portuguese founded Castle "Sao Jorge and Mina" in 1482 to protect the gold-rich lands discovered in 1471. The castle was completed according to its original plan in 1486 and the town was raised to.... |
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