| Fort Frederiksborg | |
|---|---|
| Part of Danish Gold Coast | |
_-_some_now_first_printed_from_original_manuscripts,_others_now_first_published_in_English_-_in_six_volumes_with_a_general_preface_giving_an_account_of_(20006160073).jpg) Illustration from A Collection of Voyages and Travels
Fort Frederiksborg (Ghana) | |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1661 |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Denmark (1661-1679) England (1679-1700) |
Fort Frederiksborg, later Fort Royal, was a Danish and later English fort on the Gold Coast in contemporary Ghana. It was built in 1661, with the approval of the King of Fetu, a few hundred yards from Cape Coast Castle, which was at that time in Swedish hands, on Amanfro Hill.[1] Along with several other castles and forts nearby, Fort Frederiksborg was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979 because of its testimony to European economic influence on West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade.[2]
- ^ Van Dantzig 1999, pp. x, 29.
- ^ "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 9 Oct 2022.