Fort Crèvecœur

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Dutch colonial fort fort trading post

Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Crèvecœur canonical	2
Fort Crevecoeur	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch colonial fort ⓘ fort ⓘ trading post ⓘ
access	open to visitors ⓘ
architecturalStyle	European coastal fortification ⓘ
builtBy	Dutch West India Company ⓘ
category	Dutch colonial architecture in Ghana ⓘ Former Dutch colonies and territories ⓘ Forts in Ghana ⓘ
colonialPower	Dutch Republic ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
currentUse	museum ⓘ
function	coastal defense ⓘ warehouse for goods ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions ⓘ courtyard ⓘ sea-facing walls ⓘ
hasNameInEnglish	Fort Crèvecœur self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fort Crevecoeur
hasNameVariant	Fort Crèvecœur, Accra ⓘ
hasOwner	Government of Ghana ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of Ghanaian coastal forts ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern period ⓘ
locatedIn	Accra ⓘ Greater Accra Region ⓘ Gulf of Guinea ⓘ present-day Old Accra area ⓘ
locatedOn	Gold Coast ⓘ
material	masonry ⓘ stone ⓘ
near	Fort James ⓘ Ussher Fort ⓘ
ownershipAfterDutch	British Empire ⓘ
partOf	Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
significance	evidence of trans-Atlantic slave trade ⓘ example of European coastal fortifications in West Africa ⓘ
strategicRole	control of coastal trade routes ⓘ protection of Dutch commercial interests ⓘ
surroundings	Atlantic coast ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Ocean coast
tradedGoods	European manufactured goods ⓘ gold ⓘ ivory ⓘ slaves ⓘ
usedFor	military stronghold ⓘ slave trade ⓘ trade ⓘ

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

Dutch Gold Coast → majorFort → Fort Crèvecœur ⓘ

Ussher Fort → formerName → Fort Crèvecœur ⓘ

Fort Crèvecœur → hasNameInEnglish → Fort Crèvecœur self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Crevecoeur