Over twenty historic forts and castles are dotted along Ghana’s coast, some in crumbling ruins and others remarkably intact. Over centuries, they have changed hands from the Portuguese to the Dutch and British, and now Ghanaians. GBC news takes you on a trip to Fort Amsterdam, at Abandze, in the Central Region.
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Fort Amsterdam, a World Heritage Site is a fort in Kormantin, Central region, Ghana. It was built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne, and was captured by Admiral Michiel de Ruyter of the Dutch West India Company in 1665, in retaliation for the capture of several Dutch forts by the English Admiral Holmes in 1664. It was subsequently made part of the Dutch Gold Coast, and remained part of it until the fort was traded with the British in 1868. The Fort is located at Abandze , on the north-east of Cape Coast in the Mfantseman District of the Central Region of Ghana.
