Cape Coast Castle. Cape Coast Castle, fortified castle at Cape Coast, Ghana, that is one of the biggest and best-preserved of the slave castles along the coast of West Africa. It began in 1555 as a Portuguese trading post called Cabo Corso (“Short Cape”), from which it got its name.
Cape Coast Castle. Cape Coast Castle is the largest of the buildings which contains the legacy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Like most ancient fortifications in Ghana, Cape Coast Castle played a significant role in the gold and slave trades.
In this journey with the resourceful traditional ruler, Etsey Atisu, the host of People & Places on GhanaWeb TV, sits down on the compound of the Assin Kushea Palace, regarded as the biggest in West Africa, as Nana Prah Agyensaim detailed his story.
Elmina Castle, fortified castle in Elmina, Ghana, that is thought to be the oldest surviving European building in Africa south of the Sahara. Built in 1482 by the Portuguese to protect the gold trade, Elmina Castle later became a major center of the transatlantic slave trade.
The property consists of three Castles (Cape Coast, St. George's d'Elmina and Christiansborg at Osu, Accra), 15 Forts (Good Hope at Senya Beraku; Patience at Apam; Amsterdam at Abandzi; St. Jago at Elmina; San Sebastian at Shama; Metal Cross at Dixcove; St.
Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine Castle), also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina (or Feitoria da Mina), in present-day Elmina, Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast.
Which region in Ghana has the highest number of castles?
Location and Values: The coastline of present-day Ghana, from Keta in the east, to Beyin in the west, has the highest concentration of European-built forts and castles on the continent.
Originally built by Sweden in the 1650s, Cape Coast Castle shifted into Danish, Dutch, and then English possession by the 1660s. In the castle's early decades, trade revolved around gold, wood, and textiles before English merchants began to seek captive Africans in large numbers.
Climatically, religiously, linguistically, and culturally, the region differs greatly from the politically and economically dominating regions of central and southern Ghana. The Northern Region, which occupies an area of about 70,383 square kilometres, is the largest region in Ghana in terms of land area.
The National Museum of Ghana is in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. It is the largest and oldest of the six museums under the administration of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.
The Ohinoyi's Palace at Itakpe Road, Okene, Kogi State, is one of Nigeria's many wonders. First built in the year 1927, and home to one of the most beautiful palaces in West Africa, the Ohinoyi's Palace serves as a gentle reminder of how great art can truly be.
Currently operates the Palace Museum. Located in Poland, Malbork Castle is the largest castle in the world. The castle was founded in 1274 by the Teutonic Knights who used it as their headquarters to help defeat Polish enemies and rule their own northern Baltic territories.
Gold Coast is a former British colony in West Africa known today as the Republic of Ghana. In the transatlantic slave trade era, Europeans identified the region as the Gold Coast because of the large supplies of and market for gold that existed there.
Renowned as the first major European construction in tropical Africa, St. George's Castle, in the town of Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana, was founded by the Portuguese in 1482.
The Kingdom of Dagbon (Dagbani: Dagbaŋ) is the oldest and one of the most organised traditional kingdoms in Ghana founded by the Dagomba people (Dagbamba) in the 15th century.
Ireland is home to over 30,000 castles and ruins—more than any other country in the world 🏰🇮🇪 From medieval strongholds to windswept cliffside ruins, each one tells a story of clans, conquests, and centuries past.
Until its independence from British Colonial rule on 6th March, 1957, Ghana was called the “Gold Coast” a name given it by early Portuguese explorers who first set foot on the shores of the country in the fifteenth century.
