Ussher Fort

Ussher Fort is a fort in Accra, Ghana. It was built by the Dutch in 1649 as Fort Crèvecœur, and is two days' march from Elmina and to the west of Accra on a rocky point between two lagoons. It was one of three forts that Europeans built in the region during the middle of the 17th century. Fort Crèvecœur was part of the Dutch Gold Coast. The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty (1867), which defined areas of influence on the Gold Coast, transferred it to the British in 1868. Because of its significance in the history of European colonial trade and exploitation in Africa, the fort was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 (along with several other castles and forts in Ghana).

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Ussher Fortは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界1,978位（全3,734件中）、ガーナの20件では10位にランクされています。1649年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の30%より古い城です（17世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の285件のひとつ）。ガーナが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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