Elmina Castle

Year

1482

Type

building

Built in 1482 by the Portuguese commander Diogo de Azambuja as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina, Elmina is the oldest extant European building in sub-Saharan Africa and the first European trading post on the Gulf of Guinea. The fort was the fir …

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