Osu Castle
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Osu Castle is a historic coastal fort and former seat of government in Accra, Ghana, notable for its colonial-era architecture and role in the transatlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Osu Castle canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
castle
ⓘ
former seat of government ⓘ fortress ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle)
ⓘ
surface form:
Christianborg Castle
Fort Christiansborg ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | colonial architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Accra
ⓘ
Castles in Ghana ⓘ Forts in Ghana ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Ghana ⓘ |
| city | Accra ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
administrative offices
ⓘ
battlements ⓘ cannon emplacements ⓘ chapel ⓘ courtyards ⓘ dungeons ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ sea-facing walls ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Monument of Ghana
ⓘ
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions)
|
| historicalRole |
center of Danish colonial administration on the Gold Coast
ⓘ
key node in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Accra
ⓘ
Osu, Accra ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerEntity |
Gold Coast Colony
ⓘ
surface form:
Gold Coast colony
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean coast
ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
masonry
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| near |
Independence Square, Accra
ⓘ
Osu neighborhood ⓘ |
| openToPublic | partially ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Ghana ⓘ |
| partOf | Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ |
| region | Greater Accra Region ⓘ |
| significantEvent | served as seat of government of independent Ghana until relocation to Jubilee House ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
British colonial period
ⓘ
Danish colonial period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative center
ⓘ
governor's residence ⓘ presidential offices ⓘ seat of government of Ghana ⓘ slave trading post ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.