EU: Overview with front, from Elmina Castle (2002)
2002 Elmina, Ghana
This 2002 photograph shows the front of Elmina Castle and the coastal town around it, more than five centuries after the Portuguese first raised the fort to secure their gold and, later, slave trade on the Gold Coast.
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