For Ozu Castle in Japan, see Ōzu Castle. For the palace in Denmark sometimes known as Christiansborg Castle, see Christiansborg Palace.
Osu Castle
Part of Danish Gold Coast
Osu Castle
Osu Castle
Site history
Built
1661; 363 years ago (1661)
Garrison information
Occupants
Denmark-Norway (1660)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Criteria
Cultural: (vi)
Inscription
1979 (3rd Session)
A view of the Osu Castle from the lighthouse in Jamestown, Accra
Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg or the Castle) is a castle located in 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 changed ownership between Denmark-Norway, Portugal, the Akwamu, Britain, and finally post-Independence Ghana. Under Denmark–Norway control it was the capital of the Danish Gold Coast, and held and dispatched enslaved people overseas.
In 1902, Osu Castle became the seat of government in Ghana but this has now moved to Golden Jubilee House.[1]
Because of its testimony to European colonial influence in West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade, the castle was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with several other castles and forts in Ghana.[2]
^ghanacastle.gov.gh Archived 3 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^"Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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traditional authority of Ghana. The second quarter shows a representation of OsuCastle on the sea, the presidential palace on the Gulf of Guinea, symbolizes...
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other two were OsuCastle (Fort Christiansborg; Danish, 1652) and Jamestown, Ghana (Fort James; British, 1673). Citations "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater...
traditional weapons such as the bow and spear. Danish West India Company OsuCastle Danish slave trade Joey Lee Dillard (1 January 1975). Perspectives on...
stationed at the Christiansborg Castle, now called the OsuCastle. He married a local Ga woman, Lamiorkai, from Osu Amantra in Accra. During the nineteenth...
today. Of these, only two are still in existence, the OsuCastle, and the Christiansborg Castle, the latter of which used to be the residence of Ghanaian...
early presidency and allegedly organised "prayer warriors" praying in OsuCastle. Joshua's supposed "prophecy" concerning the death of Malawian President...
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the new nation, Nkrumah opened Black Star Square near OsuCastle in the coastal district of Osu, Accra. This square would be used for national symbolism...
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that the Akwamu took over the possession of the trading Danish Castle at Christianborg at Osu, in present-day Accra. At the peak of their power, the Akwamu...
Leaders - Profiles:Lt-Gen Joeseph Arthur Ankrah". Official Website of The OsuCastle, seat of Ghana government. Ghana government. Archived from the original...
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