Fort James

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European colonial fort coastal fortification historic site

Fort James is a historic coastal fortification on the former Gold Coast (in present-day Ghana), built by European traders during the era of Atlantic commerce and colonial expansion.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort James canonical	2
Fort St. Apollonia	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European colonial fort ⓘ coastal fortification ⓘ historic site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	European military architecture ⓘ
builtBy	English traders ⓘ European traders ⓘ
category	Castles and forts of the Gold Coast ⓘ Forts in Ghana ⓘ Tourist attractions in Accra ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Ghana ⓘ
constructedDuring	Atlantic commerce era ⓘ era of European colonial expansion ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
currentUse	historical monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
hasFunction	fort ⓘ prison ⓘ trading post ⓘ
hasView	Gulf of Guinea ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Guinea coastline
heritageDesignation	World Heritage Sites in Ghana ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions) national monument of Ghana ⓘ
locatedIn	Accra ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Greater Accra Region ⓘ
locatedInCity	Osu, Accra ⓘ surface form: Jamestown, Accra
locatedInFormerEntity	Gold Coast ⓘ
locatedInHistoricDistrict	Fort James at Accra ⓘ surface form: Jamestown district of Accra
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
material	masonry ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	James II of England ⓘ surface form: King James II of England
near	Jamestown Lighthouse ⓘ Ussher Fort ⓘ
operator	Ghana Museums and Monuments Board ⓘ
overlooks	Atlantic coast of Accra ⓘ
owner	Government of Ghana ⓘ
partOf	Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
regionServed	Gold Coast ⓘ
significantFor	history of Atlantic slave trade ⓘ history of European colonialism in West Africa ⓘ maritime trade history ⓘ
usedFor	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ control of coastal trade routes ⓘ military defense ⓘ trade ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Gold Coast → hasFort → Fort James ⓘ

Ghana Museums and Monuments Board → supervises → Fort James ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort St. Apollonia

Fort Crèvecœur → near → Fort James ⓘ