The National Archives UK - CO
1890 Elmina, Ghana
The Castle of St George at Elmina, photographed in 1890. Built by the Portuguese in 1482 and later held by the Dutch and British, it is the oldest surviving European-built structure in sub-Saharan Africa.
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