Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions

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Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions is a collection of coastal fortifications in Ghana that bear witness to centuries of European colonial trade, including the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and are recognized for their outstanding historical and cultural significance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
serial heritage property ⓘ
associatedWith European maritime trade ⓘ
trans-Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
bufferZone yes ⓘ
builtBy British traders ⓘ
Danish traders ⓘ
Dutch traders ⓘ
Portuguese traders ⓘ
Swedish traders ⓘ
builtFor control of gold trade ⓘ
control of slave trade ⓘ
protection of European trading interests ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
governingBody Ghana Museums and Monuments Board ⓘ
hasPart Cape Coast Castle ⓘ
Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ
Elmina Castle ⓘ
Fort Amsterdam ⓘ
Fort Apollonia ⓘ
Fort Batenstein ⓘ
Fort Good Hope ⓘ
linked to: Fort Patience

Fort James (Accra) ⓘ
linked to: Fort James at Accra

Fort Metal Cross ⓘ
Fort Orange (Sekondi) ⓘ
linked to: Sekondi

Fort Patience ⓘ
Fort Saint Anthony (Axim) ⓘ
Fort Saint Jago ⓘ
linked to: Fort St. Jago

Fort San Sebastian ⓘ
Fort Victoria (Cape Coast) ⓘ
Fort William (Anomabu) ⓘ
Fort William (Cape Coast lighthouse) ⓘ
Ussher Fort ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod European colonial period ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
locatedIn Central Region (Ghana) ⓘ
Greater Accra Region ⓘ
Volta Region ⓘ
Western Region (Ghana) ⓘ
partOf World Heritage List ⓘ
primaryConstructionMaterials stone and mortar ⓘ
significance outstanding universal value as testimony to Atlantic coastal trading forts ⓘ
tourismAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Africa (UNESCO region) ⓘ
linked to: Africa
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 34 ⓘ

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Ghana → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
St. George’s Castle → partOf → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (UNESCO serial site) ⓘ
linked to: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Cape Coast Castle → heritageDesignationWith → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
Cape Coast Castle → partOf → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
Fort Christiansborg → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions) ⓘ
linked to: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Osu Castle → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions) ⓘ
linked to: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Osu Castle → partOf → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
Cape Coast → hasUNESCOStatus → Cape Coast Castle is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions" ⓘ
linked to: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Fort Amsterdam → heritageDesignation → Fortresses and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
linked to: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Fort James → partOf → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
Central Region, Ghana → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
Fort Batenstein → partOf → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (UNESCO World Heritage Site) ⓘ
linked to: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Fort Victoria (Cape Coast) → heritageSiteOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
linked to: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Fort James at Accra → partOf → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
Fort Apollonia → heritageDesignation → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
James Fort → heritageListing → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Ghana → containsSite → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
Fort Cormantin → heritageListing → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
Gold Coast fortifications → heritageClusterIncludes → Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ