🏛️ Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions

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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. These forts linked the trading routes established by the Portuguese and acted as important market places for the gold and slave trades.

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Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions is a cultural World Heritage site in Ghana, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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