EU: aanzicht bastion rechts voor met stadsgezicht (2000) through time

Dixcove 1966–2000 4 photos of this spot

4 photographs taken at the same spot in Dixcove, spanning 1966–2000 — 3 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The southwestern bastion of the fort at Dixcove, Ghana, photographed in 1966. English traders built the original fort here in the late seventeenth century as part of a chain of European trading posts along the Gold Coast.

EU: Fort te Dixcove, zuidwestelijk bastion (1966) 1966 The southwestern bastion of the fort at Dixcove, Ghana, photographed in 1966. English traders built the original fort here in the late seventeenth century as part of a chain of European trading posts along the Gold Coast.

EU: Fort te Dixcove, noordoostelijk bastion (1966) 1966 The northeastern bastion of Dixcove's coastal fort on Ghana's Gold Coast, seen in this 1966 photograph. Like other Gold Coast forts, it was built to protect European trading interests and shipping along the shoreline.

EU: Fort te Dixcove, zuidoostelijk bastion (1966) 1966 The southeastern bastion of the Dixcove fort, one of several European-built strongholds along Ghana's coast, photographed in 1966. Bastions such as this allowed defenders to cover the fort's walls with cannon fire from multiple angles.

EU: aanzicht bastion rechts voor met stadsgezicht (2000) 2000 Fort Metal Cross at Dixcove, on Ghana's western coast, built by English traders in the late 17th century. This 2000 photograph looks out from the fort's right-front bastion over the surrounding town.