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Axim 2014–2020 2 photos of this spot

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Fort Saint Anthony overlooks the coastal town of Axim in western Ghana. Built by the Portuguese in the early sixteenth century and later held by the Dutch, it is among the oldest surviving European fortifications on Africa's Gold Coast.

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Fort Saint Anthony 2014 Fort Saint Anthony overlooks the coastal town of Axim in western Ghana. Built by the Portuguese in the early sixteenth century and later held by the Dutch, it is among the oldest surviving European fortifications on Africa's Gold Coast.

Fort Saint Anthony - Axim Castle, Axim, 2020

Fort Saint Anthony - Axim Castle 2020 Fort Saint Anthony in Axim, Ghana, seen here in a 2020 photograph, was built by the Portuguese in the early sixteenth century and later passed to Dutch control, making it one of the oldest surviving European-built structures on Africa's Gold Coast.