Fort Apollonia

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Fort Apollonia is a historic coastal fort in western Ghana, built by European traders during the trans-Atlantic trade era and now part of the UNESCO-listed Forts and Castles of Ghana.

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Fort Apollonia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
coastal fort ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
architecturalStyle European coastal fortification ⓘ
associatedWith European colonialism in West Africa ⓘ
trans-Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
builtBy British traders ⓘ
European traders ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
governingBody Ghana Museums and Monuments Board ⓘ
hasFunction museum ⓘ
heritageDesignation Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
locatedIn Nzema East Municipal District ⓘ
linked to: Nzema East

Western Region, Ghana ⓘ
western Ghana ⓘ
locatedInTown Beyin ⓘ
locatedNear Ivory Coast border ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
material masonry ⓘ
stone ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf Forts and Castles of Ghana ⓘ
Gold Coast fortifications ⓘ
regionHistoricName Gold Coast ⓘ
significance evidence of European-African trade relations ⓘ
part of Ghana’s coastal defense and trade network ⓘ
usedFor gold trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
trade ⓘ
trans-Atlantic trade ⓘ

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