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Fort Augustaborg was a Danish fort on the eastern Gold Coast in present-day
File:The Danish fort Augustaborg, built 1787.jpg, Fort Augustaborg, built 1787.
File:Fort Augustaborg Teshie.jpg, Ruins in 2016.
File:Fort Augustaborg.jpg, Wall in 2016.
Fort Augustaborg was a Danish fort on the eastern Gold Coast in present-day Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
, which was located about 15 km east of Fort Christiansborg
Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg or the Castle) is a castle located in Osu, Accra, Osu, Ghana, on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa.
A substantial fort was built by Denmark-Norway in the 1660s; thereafter, the fort chan ...
near present-day Teshie
Teshie is a coastal town in the Ledzokuku Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana. Teshie is the ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 171,875 people.
Politics
Teshie is in t ...
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History
The fort was named forPrincess Louise Augusta of Denmark
Louise Augusta of Denmark and Norway (7 July 1771 – 13 January 1843) was the daughter of the Queen of Denmark-Norway, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain. Though officially regarded as the daughter of King Christian VII, it is widely accepted t ...
, the fort was constructed in 1787 to combat attacks from the Portuguese Empire
The Portuguese Empire was a colonial empire that existed between 1415 and 1999. In conjunction with the Spanish Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, controlling vast portions of the Americas, Africa ...
. It was also used as a post for the Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of Slavery in Africa, enslaved African people to the Americas. European slave ships regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Pass ...
. Five years later, Denmark was the first European nation to abolish the slave trade.
On 17 August 1850, the fort was one of five Danish forts purchased by Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...
.
After the independence of Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
in 1957, the fort became owned by the new administration. Along with 32 other forts and castles along Ghana’s coast, Fort Augusaborg is a UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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.
Gallery
See also
*List of castles in Ghana
During the colonial period in Ghana, at the time known as the Gold Coast (region), Gold Coast, roughly corresponding to the 15th through 19th centuries, European-style coastal forts and castles were built, mostly by the Portuguese people, Portugue ...
References
1787 establishments in Africa 1780s architecture Castles in Ghana Danish Gold Coast Augustaborg Former buildings and structures in Ghana 1787 establishments in the Danish colonial empire Greater Accra Region World Heritage Sites in Ghana {{Ghana-geo-stub