Fortress
Fort Apollonia
🇬🇭 Ghana
Fort Apollonia is a fort in Beyin, Ghana. The name Apollonia was given to the area by a Portuguese explorer who sighted the place on the Feast of Saint Apollonia, 9 February. Because of its importance during the European colonial period and its testimony to the Atlantic slave trade, Fort Apollonia was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with several other forts and castles in Ghana in 1979.
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Fort Apollonia ranks #3,443 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #14 of the 34 mapped in Ghana. The nearest day-trip guide is Sekondi-Takoradi, 92 km away. See how Ghana compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Fort Apollonia?
Fort Apollonia stands in Ghana, at 4.987°, -2.59°.
How famous is Fort Apollonia?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,443 of 8,133 worldwide, and #14 in Ghana. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fort Apollonia?
Fort Elize Carthago, about 37 km away.
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