EU: Cityscape with fort and cannon at Elmina Castle (2000)
2000 Elmina, Ghana
Old cannon stand along the walls of Elmina Castle in this 2000 photograph, overlooking the town below. Built by the Portuguese in 1482, Elmina Castle is the oldest surviving European-built structure in sub-Saharan Africa.
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