Osu Castle Ghana through time

Accra 2018–2023 4 photos of this spot

4 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Accra, spanning 2018–2023. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Osu Castle, also known as Fort Christiansborg, in Accra, Ghana, was originally built by Danish traders in the seventeenth century and later served as the seat of Ghana's government for decades.

Osu Castle Ghana 2018 Osu Castle, also known as Fort Christiansborg, in Accra, Ghana, was originally built by Danish traders in the seventeenth century and later served as the seat of Ghana's government for decades.

Osu Castle Accra view 2019 A view of Osu Castle in Accra, photographed in 2019. Built by Danish traders in the seventeenth century, the fortress later served for decades as the seat of Ghana's government after independence.

Fort Christiansborg Castle 10 2023 Danish traders built Fort Christiansborg on a cliff above Osu in 1661, naming it for King Christian IV, and used it in the trade of gold, ivory and enslaved people. The fort later passed to Portuguese, Akwamu, British and eventually Ghanaian control, serving for decades as a seat of government.

Fort Christiansborg Castle 7 2023 Overlooking the Atlantic at Osu, this Danish-built fortress dates to 1661, when Denmark-Norway acquired the site from the Ga king Nii Okaikoi. Sold to the British in 1850 after Denmark abolished its slave trade, the castle went on to house the offices of Ghana's head of state for much of the twentieth century.