Christiansborg (Accra)
| Christiansborg | ||
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 Osu Castle today |
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| Alternative name (s): | Osu Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1652 | |
| Conservation status: | receive | |
| Geographical location | 5 ° 32 '48.8 " N , 0 ° 11' 0" W | |
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The Christiansborg , also known as Osu Castle , in Ghana's capital Accra is a 1652 -built castle on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea . It has been the seat of the Ghanaian government since 1957.
The castle stands on a site where the Portuguese erected a fortified building in 1550. The castle was built by Sweden in 1652 and captured by Denmark in 1658 . It was at this point that it received its current name. From 1680 to 1682 Portugal was able to conquer the castle, from 1682 to 1683 it fell to the local Akwamu tribe before the Danes bought it back. From 1693 to 1694 they were able to conquer the locals again before the Danes finally took possession of the castle again. It is named after King Christian V.
The castle was mainly used as a base for slave hunters , who took so many prisoners in the region that a few years after the Danish takeover the castle was expanded to include another prison outside the walls to hold 300 to 400 slaves until a ship arrived to be transported to the sugar plantations on the Danish Virgin Islands .
In 1850 the castle was sold to Great Britain . The British rebuilt the castle so that it was the seat of the Governor of the Gold Coast from 1877 to 1957 . Since Ghana's independence in 1957, it has been the seat of the Ghanaian government. It is not open to the public and may not be photographed. A district of Accra bears the same name, Christiansborg or Osu . Christiansborg is one of around 35 historic forts on the Ghanaian coast .
Individual evidence
- ^ Möhle, Heiko (2011): The slave traders. Hamburg's way overseas. In: ders. (Ed.): Brandy, Bibles and Bananas. German colonialism in Africa. P. 13