Cape Coast Castle

Cape Coast Castle

Also known as Carolusborg

Year

1653

Type

building

Founded in 1653 by the Swedish Africa Company as a timber lodge named Carolusborg after King Charles X, then rebuilt in stone after the English seized the site in 1664 and made it the headquarters of the British Gold Coast. The British rebu …

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