Fort St. Jago

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European-built fort coastal fort historic site military fortification

Fort St. Jago is a historic European-built coastal fort in present-day Ghana that played a significant role in the trans-Atlantic trade along the former Gold Coast.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Fort St Jago	2
Fort St. Jago canonical	2
Fort St. Sebastian	2
Fort Saint Jago	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1862987 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort St. Jago
Context triple: [Gold Coast, hasFort, Fort St. Jago]

A. Santa Cruz Fort
Santa Cruz Fort is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the city of Oran in Algeria, known for its strategic hilltop position and panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea.
B. Castillo del Morro
Castillo del Morro is a historic Spanish fortress guarding the entrance to Havana Bay, renowned for its strategic coastal defenses and iconic lighthouse.
C. Castillo San Cristóbal
Castillo San Cristóbal is a massive 18th-century Spanish fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built to protect the city from land-based attacks and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
D. Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca
Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca is a 17th-century Spanish fortress overlooking the Bay of Santiago de Cuba, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the best-preserved examples of Caribbean military architecture.
E. Fort Amador
Fort Amador was a former U.S. military installation strategically located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, serving as a key defense and administrative site during the Canal Zone era.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort St. Jago
Target entity description: Fort St. Jago is a historic European-built coastal fort in present-day Ghana that played a significant role in the trans-Atlantic trade along the former Gold Coast.

A. Santa Cruz Fort
Santa Cruz Fort is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the city of Oran in Algeria, known for its strategic hilltop position and panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea.
B. Castillo del Morro
Castillo del Morro is a historic Spanish fortress guarding the entrance to Havana Bay, renowned for its strategic coastal defenses and iconic lighthouse.
C. Castillo San Cristóbal
Castillo San Cristóbal is a massive 18th-century Spanish fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built to protect the city from land-based attacks and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
D. Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca
Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca is a 17th-century Spanish fortress overlooking the Bay of Santiago de Cuba, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the best-preserved examples of Caribbean military architecture.
E. Fort Amador
Fort Amador was a former U.S. military installation strategically located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, serving as a key defense and administrative site during the Canal Zone era.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European-built fort ⓘ coastal fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ military fortification ⓘ
associatedWith	European colonial presence on the Gold Coast ⓘ trans-Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
builder	Dutch West India Company ⓘ
builtBy	Dutch ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
controlledBy	Dutch Republic ⓘ Dutch West India Company ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
currentUse	heritage monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
elevationRelativeToTown	on a hill above Elmina ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions ⓘ cannon emplacements ⓘ courtyard ⓘ thick defensive walls ⓘ
hasViewOf	Atlantic coastline ⓘ Elmina ⓘ surface form: Elmina town
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy	UNESCO ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1979 ⓘ
historicalRegion	Gold Coast ⓘ
historicalRole	played a role in the trans-Atlantic trade ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Region, Ghana ⓘ Elmina ⓘ Ghana ⓘ
locatedOn	Gold Coast ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ stone ⓘ
near	Elmina Castle ⓘ Elmina ⓘ surface form: town of Elmina
openToPublic	true ⓘ
overlooks	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Benya Lagoon ⓘ Elmina Castle ⓘ
partOf	Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
region	Central Region ⓘ
significance	example of European coastal fortification on the Gold Coast ⓘ part of the network of forts linked to the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
tourismRegion	Central coastal Ghana ⓘ
usedFor	control of coastal trade routes ⓘ military defense ⓘ protection of Elmina Castle ⓘ support of trans-Atlantic trade ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gold Coast → hasFort → Fort St. Jago ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort St. Sebastian

Ghana Museums and Monuments Board → supervises → Fort St. Jago ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort St. Sebastian

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions → hasPart → Fort St. Jago ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Saint Jago

Central Region → hasTouristAttraction → Fort St. Jago ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort St Jago

Central Region, Ghana → contains → Fort St. Jago ⓘ