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Elmina Castle is a historical site, and was a major filming location for Werner Herzog's 1987 drama film Cobra Verde. The castle is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site , along with other castles and forts in Ghana , because of its testimony to the Atlantic slave trade.
View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap 5.082668; -1.348256 This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site , listed as Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions .
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Original – A holding cell for up to 200 slaves in Ghana's Elmina Castle, built by the Portuguese in 1482 as São Jorge da Mina, and repurposed as a slave trading post in the 17th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Reason Good image with extremely high EV & significance. (Images like this are why I'm glad Wikipedia exists.)
Elmina Castle (São Jorge da Mina): the primary stronghold of the Portuguese in the Gold Coast, situated on a peninsula where the Benya River meets the Gulf of Guinea. The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony on the West African Gold Coast (present-day Ghana ) along the Gulf of Guinea .
Elmina is also home to Fort Coenraadsburg on St. Jago Hill, built by the Portuguese in 1555 under the name Forte de Santiago; it was used for commerce. In 1637, it was conquered and renamed by the Dutch, after they captured Elmina's main castle. Today, Elmina's main economic industry is fishing, salt production and tourism.