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St. George Castle Elmina Castle in the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas (1660s).. Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine Castle), also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina (or Feitoria da Mina), in present-day Elmina, Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast.
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. [1]
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.
Elmina was located on the border of the two Fante states Komenda and Fetu.Since the Portuguese also called the later Elmina "Aldea das duas Partes", which translates as "village of two parts", it has been assumed that before the arrival of the Portuguese, there were two different fishing villages on both banks of the Benya Lagoon.
A map of the Gold Coast circa 1700. During the colonial period in Ghana, at the time known as the Gold Coast, roughly corresponding to the 15th through 19th centuries, European-style coastal forts and castles were built, mostly by the Portuguese, Dutch and British. [1]
Elmina Castle in the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas. The Twelve Years' Truce between Portugal-Spain and the Dutch Republic, which lasted from 1609 to 1621, disrupted Dutch trade on the Gold Coast, as the Portuguese now had sufficient resources to protect their trade monopoly. Dutch traders then petitioned the States-General of the Dutch Republic to ...
Elmina Castle was built in 1482 in present-day Elmina, Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast). It was the first of many slave forts built by Europeans along the coast of West Africa. [1] João II decided to build the fort shortly after coming to the Portuguese throne.
EN: Elmina Castle PT: Castelo de São Jorge da Mina 1482 Intact Elmina: Ghana Portugal (1482–1637) Netherlands (1637–1872) Britain (1872–1957) EN: Fort Cacheu PT: Forte de Cacheu 1588 Intact Cacheu: Guinea-Bissau Portugal (1588–1974) EN: Fort Duke of Braganza PT: Forte Duque de Bragança: 1820 Ruins Ilhéu de Sal Rei: Cape Verde ...