Ghana · 19th century
Fort Kumasi ranks #8,802 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #33 of the 35 mapped in Ghana. Founded 1820, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Ghana compares in the castle statistics.
Fort Kumasi was a fortification in the city of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region in Ghana. The history of the fort is closely interwoven with the conflict between the Ashanti Kingdom and the British colonial rulers.
Machine-translated from “Fort Kumasi” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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