Fort William

Fort William is a fort in Anomabu, Central Region, Ghana, originally known as Fort Anomabo and renamed Fort William in the 1830s by its then-commander, Brodie Cruickshank, who added one storey to the main building, and renamed the fort after King William IV.

It was built in 1753 by the British after they thwarted a French attempt to establish a fort at the same place. Two earlier forts had been established at the same site, one in 1640 by the Dutch, another in 1674 (Fort Charles) by the English. Fort Charles was abandoned in 1730 and destroyed. Along with several other castles and forts in Ghana, Fort William was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 because of its importance during and testimony to the Atlantic slave trade.

Text adapted from “Fort William, Ghana” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort William zajmuje 2351. miejsce na 3813 w rankingu rozpoznawalności zamków tego atlasu i 16. wśród 20 obiektów w Ghanie. Powstał w 1640 i jest starszy niż 30% datowanych obiektów atlasu — jeden z 292 obiektów atlasu powstałych w XVII wiek. Zobacz w statystykach zamków, jak wypada Ghana.

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