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Cape Coast Castle

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Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Phone:
+233 23 342 3270

Address:
Victoria Rd, Cape Coast, Ghana

Hours:
Sunday9am - 5pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am - 5pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
Saturday9am - 5pm


Cape Coast Castle is one of about forty slave castles, or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa by European traders. It was originally built by the Swedes for trade in timber and gold, but later used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Other Ghanaian slave castles include Elmina Castle and Fort Christiansborg. They were used to hold slaves before they were loaded onto ships and sold in the Americas, especially the Caribbean. This gate of no return was the last stop before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
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