Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle)

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castle coastal fort former colonial fort government building

Christiansborg Castle, also known as Osu Castle, is a historic coastal fort in Accra, Ghana, that served for centuries as a key seat of colonial and later independent government.

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Label Occurrences
Christiansborg Castle 3
Christianborg Castle 2
Christiansborg 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
coastal fort ⓘ
former colonial fort ⓘ
government building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Osu Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle European coastal fort architecture ⓘ
builder Danish traders ⓘ
Danish–Norwegian colonial authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
functionedAs Government House of the Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
office of the President of Ghana ⓘ
presidential residence of Ghana ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
chapel ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
dungeons ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
sea-facing walls ⓘ
heritageStatus national monument of Ghana ⓘ
historicalRole center of Danish colonial administration on the Gold Coast ⓘ
important node in the trans-Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
locatedIn Accra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Accra Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osu NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Christiansborg NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Christian V of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Independence Square, Accra NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownershipHistory British colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danish–Norwegian crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Government of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese colonial authorities ⓘ
Swedish traders ⓘ
partOf former Danish Gold Coast forts ⓘ
regionHistoricallyKnownAs Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Jubilee House NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance symbol of Ghana’s political history ⓘ
symbol of colonial rule in Ghana ⓘ
usedAs site of historical tours ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
usedFor administrative center ⓘ
residence of heads of state ⓘ
seat of colonial government ⓘ
seat of independent Ghanaian government ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions → hasPart → Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ
Danish Gold Coast → hasCapital → Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christiansborg
Danish Gold Coast → hasFort → Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christiansborg Castle
Fort Christiansborg → alsoKnownAs → Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christianborg Castle
Osu → hasLandmark → Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christiansborg Castle
Osu Castle → alsoKnownAs → Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christianborg Castle
Independence Square → near → Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christiansborg Castle