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Osu Castle

For Ozu Castle in Japan, see Ōzu Castle. For the palace in Denmark sometimes known as Christiansborg Castle, see Christiansborg Palace.
Osu Castle
Part of Danish Gold Coast
Osu Castle
Osu Castle is located in Ghana
Osu Castle
Osu Castle
Site history
Built1661 (1661)
Garrison information
OccupantsDenmark-Norway (1660)
Part ofForts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
CriteriaCultural: (vi)
Inscription1979 (3rd Session)
A view of the Osu Castle from the lighthouse in Jamestown, Accra

Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg or the Castle) is a castle located in Osu, Ghana, on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa.

A substantial fort was built by Denmark-Norway in the 1660s; thereafter, the fort changed ownership between Denmark-Norway, Portugal, the Akwamu, Britain, and finally post-Independence Ghana. Under Denmark–Norway control it was the capital of the Danish Gold Coast, and held and dispatched enslaved people overseas.

In 1902, Osu Castle became the seat of government in Ghana but this has now moved to Golden Jubilee House.[1]

Because of its testimony to European colonial influence in West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade, the castle was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with several other castles and forts in Ghana.[2]

  1. ^ ghanacastle.gov.gh Archived 3 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

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