List of castles in Ghana

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Type	Cultural
Criteria	vi
Reference	34
UNESCO region	Africa
Inscription history
Inscription	1979 (3rd Session)

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:

Central Region

• Elmina Castle, Elmina
• English Fort (Fort Vredenburgh), Komenda
• Fort Metal Cross, Dixcove
• Fort Coenraadsburg, Elmina
• Fort Amsterdam, Abandze
• Fort Lijdzaamheid ('Patience'), Apam
• Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast
• Fort Good Hope (Fort Goede Hoop), Senya Beraku
• Fort William, Anomabu
• Fort Apollonia, Beyin

Volta Region

• Fort Prinzenstein, Keta

Greater Accra Region

• Osu Castle, Accra, also known as Fort Christiansborg or simply The Castle, the seat of government
• Usher Fort,^[1] Accra
• Teshie Fort,^[2] Accra (Teshie-Nungua)
• Fort Gross-Friedrichsburg (German wiki), Prince's Town

Western Region

Fort Orange, Sekondi

• Fort San Sebastian, Shama
• Fort Batenstein,^[3] Butri
• Fort Santo Antonio, Axim
• Fort Apollonia, Beyin.

Other castles

Kumasi Fort

References

1. Ghana-Net: Ussher Fort
2. Ghana-Net: Teshie Fort
3. Ghana-Net: Fort Batenstein

External links

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