Elmina Castle Castle in Cape Coast 06
2023 Elmina, Ghana
This 2023 photograph shows Elmina Castle on Ghana's coast. The Dutch captured the fort from Portugal in 1637 and held it until Britain took over the Dutch Gold Coast possessions in 1872, after nearly two and a half centuries of Dutch control.
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