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Cape Coast Castle (Swedish: Carolusborg) is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa (now Ghana) by European traders. It was originally a Portuguese "feitoria" or trading post , established in 1555, which was named Cabo Corso .
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English: The "Door of no return" through which the slaves left the castle when they were shipped away. It was not possible for any of them to ever return to their homeland. In July 2009, at his first official visit to sub-Saharan Africa President Obama visited the castle and symbolically passed through this door and then back to the caste.
Door of Return (previously the Door of No Return) at Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. The Door of Return is an emblem of African Renaissance and is a pan-African initiative that seeks to launch a new era of cooperation between Africa and its diaspora in the 21st century. [1]
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]
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Cape Coast Castle Museum is an ethnography and archeological museum located in Cape Coast, Ghana. [1] It was established in 1974. [2]
Upload Photo: GH-CP-003 Castle of St. George's: Central: Castle 1482 Elmina: Also known as Elmina Castle [2: Upload Photo: GH-AA-003 Cape Coast Castle Museum: Central Region: Museum Cape Coast: Museum is located within the castle. Photography not allowed there