Fort Komenda
| Fort Komenda | |
|---|---|
| Part of British Gold Coast | |
 British Fort Komenda (left) and Dutch Fort Vredenburgh (right). Note the peculiar architecture of Fort Komenda in the plan of the fort (lower left). | |
  Fort Komenda | |
| Coordinates | 5°03′00″N 1°29′22″W / 5.050000°N 1.489444°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1682 |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Britain (1695-1868) Netherlands (1868-1872) |
| Part of | Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions |
| Criteria | Cultural: (vi) |
| Reference | 34 |
| Inscription | 1979 (3rd Session) |
Fort Komenda was a British fort on the
World Heritage List in 1979, along with several other castles and forts in Ghana.[2]
History
Fort Komenda was established between 1695 and 1698 at Komenda, in contemporary Ghana. The fort had a very peculiar architecture, as this four-bastioned structure was built around an earlier four-bastioned English trading post, built in 1633.[3] Fort Komenda was within cannon-shot distance to the Dutch Fort Vredenburgh. It was abandoned in 1816, after the abolition of slave trade.[4]
The ruin of the fort was transferred to the Dutch as part of
Gold Coast treaty of 1871
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Gallery
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The ruins of Fort Komenda found in British Komenda in the Central Region -
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See also
References
Citations
- ^ "Ghana Museums & Monuments Board". www.ghanamuseums.org. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 9 Oct 2022.
- ^ Simon Pratt - Forts of Ghana, p. 20
- ^ "Ghana Museums & Monuments Board". www.ghanamuseums.org. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
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