Fortress
Fort Elize Carthago
🇬🇭 Ghana
Fort Elize Carthago was a fort built by the Dutch West India Company in 1702 on a hill at the mouth of the Ankobra River, near the base of the Dutch on the Western Gold Coast, Fort Saint Anthony. Today, only ruins of the former fort can be found. The ruins are easily accessible by a pathway from the Ankobra Beach Hotel and are frequented by tourists who enjoy the panoramic view of the site.
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Fort Elize Carthago ranks #4,466 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #26 of the 31 mapped in Ghana. See how Ghana compares in the castle statistics.
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