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List of castles in Africa
Summary
This
list of castles in Africa
includes
castles
,
forts
, and mock castles in
Africa
.
The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, South Africa built in the 1660s
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.
(
August 2008
)
Angola
edit
Fortaleza de São Miguel
(1641–1648)
Fort Naulila,
Cunene Province
Fort Cuangar, Cunene Province
Egypt
edit
Cairo Citadel, in 2010.
Buhen
(c. 1860 BCE)
Cairo Citadel
(12th century)
Citadel of Qaitbay
(15th century)
Ethiopia
edit
Fasiledes's castle,
Fasil Ghebbi
,
Gondar
.
Fasil Ghebbi
,
Gondar
(17th century)
Guzara Castle,
Emfraz
Gambia
edit
Fort James
(1651)
Fort Jillifree
,
Jufureh
Ghana
edit
Cape Coast Castle
,
Cape Coast
(1688–1782, April 1659 – May 1659)
Elmina Castle
,
Elmina
(1482)
English Fort
(
Fort Vrendenburg
),
Komenda
(1785–1871)
Fort Amsterdam
,
Abandze
,
Cormantin
(1665–1721, 1785–1867)
Fort Apollonia
,
Beyin
(16??–16??, 1868–1871)
Fort Batenstein
,
Butri
(1656–1665, 1666–1871)
Fort Crêvecoeur
,
Accra
(1649–1782, 1785–1867/8)
Fort Dorothea
,
Akwida
(1687–1698, 1711–1712, 1732–1804)
Fort Good Hope
(Fort Goedehoop),
Senya Beraku
(1667/1705–1782, 1785–1868)
Fort Hollandia (1725–1815, previously
Gross-Friedrichsburg
, part of the former
Brandenburger Gold Coast
settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
Fort Metal Cross
(Metaal Kruis),
Dixcove
(1868–1871)
Fort Nassau
, present
Moree
(1598/1611–1664, 1665–1782, 1785–1867)
Fort Oranje
,
Sekondi
(1640–1871)
Fort Patience
(Fort Leydsaemhyt),
Apam
(1697–1782, 1785–1868)
Fort Prinzenstein
,
Keta
Fort Saint Antony
,
Axim
(February 1642 – 1664, 1665–1671)
Fort San Sebastian
,
Shema
(1637–1664, 1664–1871)
Fort St. Jago
(Fort Conraadsburg),
Elmina
Osu Castle
(
Fort Christiansborg
),
Osu
,
Accra
Kenya
edit
Fort Jesus
,
Mombasa, Kenya
(1593–?)
Thimlich Ohinga
,
Migori, Kenya
(c. 500 – 1400)
Libya
edit
Cyrene Citadel
El Tag
,
Kufra
Oasis (mid 1930s)
Fort Capuzzo
Ghat Fortress
Sabha Citadel
Saraya El Hamra, Tripoli
Madagascar
edit
Fort Flacourt,
Tolanaro
(1643)
Fort lalana Sylvain Roux,
Île Sainte-Marie
(1753)
Fort Rova,
Majunga
(1824)
Fort Voyron,
Antananarivo
(1940–1945)
Windsor Castle,
Antsiranana
(1940–1945)
[1]
Mozambique
edit
Fort São Caetano
,
Sofala
(1505)
São Sebastião
(1558–1608)
Namibia
edit
Duwisib Castle built in 1909 to serve as residence for General Hans Heinrich Von Wolf.
Schwerinsburg Castle in the 1900s. It is currently home to the Italian Ambassador
Duwisib Castle
,
Hardap Region
(1909)
Heinitzburg Castle
,
Windhoek
(1914)
Sanderburg Castle
,
Windhoek
(1917–1919)
Schwerinsburg Castle
,
Windhoek
(1890–1913)
Nigeria
edit
Kajuru Castle
,
Kajuru
,
Nigeria
(1981–1989)
Senegal
edit
Fort Nassau
Fort Oranje
Sierra Leone
edit
Fort Bunce
(1670–1840)
Fort Lomboko (before 1839–1849)
Fort Tasso (1160–?)
Fort Thornton (1792)
Fort York (after 1672 – around 1729)
Somalia
edit
The Citadel of Gondershe, Somalia was an important city in the Medieval Ajuran Empire
Aerial view of Dhulbahante Garad and Darawiish King
Diiriye Guure
's main
Dhulbahante Garesa
(fort) complex in
Taleh
,
Somalia
, the capital of his
Dervish State
Castle town of
Qandala
,
Bari
,
Puntland
(no longer existent)
Citadel ruins of
Gondershe
,
Banaadir
,
Somalia
Dhulbahante Garesa,
Eyl
, Puntland
Dhulbahante Garesa,
Taleh
,
Sool
,
Somaliland
South Africa
edit
The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, built in the 1660s.
Fort Klapperkop built in the 1890s.
Amsterdam Battery
,
Western Cape
(1780s)
Castle Kyalami
,
Gauteng
(1990s)
Castle of Good Hope
,
Cape Town
(1666)
Castle on the Cliff,
Western Cape
(1960s)
[2]
Fort Chavonnes
,
Western Cape
(1714–1725)
Craighross Castle,
Noetzie
, Western Cape
Coornhoop
,
Western Cape
(1657)
Fort Beaufort
,
Eastern Cape
(1822–1837)
Fort Daspoortrand
,
Gauteng
(1896–1898)
Fort Durnford,
Estcourt
,
KwaZulu-Natal
(1847)
Fort Hare
,
Alice, Eastern Cape
(19th century)
Fort Klapperkop
,
Pretoria
,
Gauteng
(1890s)
Fort Mistake,
Glencoe
, KwaZulu-Natal
Fort Nongqayi
, KwaZulu-Natal (1883)
Fort Schanskop
,
Gauteng
(1890s)
Fort Wonderboompoort
,
Gauteng
(1897)
Greylingstad
,
Mpumalanga
(c. 1900)
King's Blockhouse,
Western Cape
(1795)
Knoetzie Castles, Western Cape (1930s)
[3]
Lindsay Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape
Lichtenstein Castle
, Western Cape (1980s)
Voortrekker Fort
, Mpumalanga (1847)
Sudan
edit
Semna West Fort,
Semna (Nubia)
, (1965–1920 BCE)
Tanzania
edit
Bagamoyo Fort,
Bagamoyo
(c. 1860 German colonial fortified building)
Ikoma Fort,
Serengeti National Park
(19th century German colonial fort)
Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort),
Stone Town
,
Zanzibar
(c. 1700)
Old Portuguese fort,
Kilwa Kisiwani
(c. 1500)
[4]
Tunisia
edit
Borj El Kebir
,
Djerba island
(14th century)
Borj El Kebir (Mahdia),
Mahdia Governorate
(16th century)
Kasbah of Le Kef
,
Kef Governorate
, (c. 1612)
Kasbah of Sfax
(9th-century)
Kelibia Fort
,
Kelibia
(5th century bc, 16th century)
Ribat of Monastir
,
Monastir
(c. 796)
Ribat of Sousse
,
Sousse
(c. 812)
Zambia
edit
Lundazi Castle,
Eastern Province
Zimbabwe
edit
Great Zimbabwe
Fort Victoria,
Masvingo
Great Zimbabwe
(11th–15th century)
Nesbitt Castle
, Bulawayo
References
edit
^
"Fort de Windsor Castle".
www.photos-de-madagascar.com
. Retrieved
2022-07-24
.
^
"$5.5 Million Will Get You This South African Castle on a Cliff".
InsideHook
. Retrieved
2022-07-24
.
^
"A Quick History of Noetzie Beach - Pezula Nature Hotel & Spa". 2019-03-25
. Retrieved
2022-07-24
.
^
Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara".
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
. Retrieved
2022-07-24
.