EU: Fort Sint Jago of Coenraadsburch te Elmina, eind 19e eeuw mogelijk van (1872)
1872 Elmina, Ghana
Fort Sint Jago, also known as Fort Coenraadsburch, stands on the hill overlooking Elmina and was built by the Dutch to defend the larger Elmina Castle below. This late nineteenth-century view captures the fort during the era of Dutch colonial rule on Ghana's coast.
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