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List of castles in Africa - Wikipedia

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This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.

The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, South Africa built in the 1660s

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Angola

Egypt

Buhen (c. 1860 BCE)
Cairo Citadel (12th century)
Citadel of Qaitbay (15th century)

Ethiopia

Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar (17th century)
Guzara Castle, Emfraz

Gambia

Fort James (1651)
Fort Jillifree, Jufureh

Ghana

Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1688–1782, April 1659 – May 1659)
Elmina Castle, Elmina (1482)
English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda (1785–1871)
Fort Amsterdam, Abandze, Cormantin (1665–1721, 1785–1867)
Fort Apollonia, Beyin (16??–16??, 1868–1871)
Fort Batenstein, Butri (1656–1665, 1666–1871)
Fort Crêvecoeur, Accra (1649–1782, 1785–1867/8)
Fort Dorothea, Akwida (1687–1698, 1711–1712, 1732–1804)
Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya Beraku (1667/1705–1782, 1785–1868)
Fort Hollandia (1725–1815, previously Gross-Friedrichsburg, part of the former Brandenburger Gold Coast settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
Fort Metal Cross (Metaal Kruis), Dixcove (1868–1871)
Fort Nassau, present Moree (1598/1611–1664, 1665–1782, 1785–1867)
Fort Oranje, Sekondi (1640–1871)
Fort Patience (Fort Leydsaemhyt), Apam (1697–1782, 1785–1868)
Fort Prinzenstein, Keta
Fort Saint Antony, Axim (February 1642 – 1664, 1665–1671)
Fort San Sebastian, Shema (1637–1664, 1664–1871)
Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina
Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg), Osu, Accra

Kenya

Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya (1593–?)
Thimlich Ohinga, Migori, Kenya (c. 500 – 1400)

Libya

Madagascar

Fort Flacourt, Tolanaro (1643)
Fort lalana Sylvain Roux, Île Sainte-Marie (1753)
Fort Rova, Majunga (1824)
Fort Voyron, Antananarivo (1940–1945)
Windsor Castle, Antsiranana (1940–1945)^[1]

Mozambique

Fort São Caetano, Sofala (1505)
São Sebastião (1558–1608)

Namibia

Duwisib Castle built in 1909 to serve as residence for General Hans Heinrich Von Wolf.

Schwerinsburg Castle in the 1900s. It is currently home to the Italian Ambassador

Duwisib Castle, Hardap Region (1909)
Heinitzburg Castle, Windhoek (1914)
Sanderburg Castle, Windhoek (1917–1919)
Schwerinsburg Castle, Windhoek(1890–1913)

Nigeria

Kajuru Castle, Kajuru, Nigeria (1981–1989)

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Fort Bunce (1670–1840)
Fort Lomboko (before 1839–1849)
Fort Tasso (1160–?)
Fort Thornton (1792)
Fort York (after 1672 – around 1729)

Somalia

The Citadel of Gondershe, Somalia was an important city in the Medieval Ajuran Empire

Aerial view of Dhulbahante Garad and Darawiish King Diiriye Guure's main Dhulbahante Garesa (fort) complex in Taleh, Somalia, the capital of his Dervish State

Castle town of Qandala, Bari, Puntland (no longer existent)
Citadel ruins of Gondershe, Banaadir, Somalia
Dhulbahante Garesa, Eyl, Puntland
Dhulbahante Garesa, Taleh, Sool, Somaliland

South Africa

The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, built in the 1660s.

Fort Klapperkop built in the 1890s.

Amsterdam Battery, Western Cape (1780s)
Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s)
Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666)
Castle on the Cliff, Western Cape (1960s)^[2]
Fort Chavonnes, Western Cape (1714–1725)
Craighross Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape
Coornhoop, Western Cape (1657)
Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape (1822–1837)
Fort Daspoortrand, Gauteng(1896–1898)
Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (1847)
Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century)
Fort Klapperkop, Pretoria, Gauteng (1890s)
Fort Mistake, Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
Fort Nongqayi, KwaZulu-Natal (1883)
Fort Schanskop, Gauteng (1890s)
Fort Wonderboompoort, Gauteng (1897)
Greylingstad, Mpumalanga (c. 1900)
King's Blockhouse, Western Cape (1795)
Knoetzie Castles, Western Cape (1930s)^[3]
Lindsay Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape
Lichtenstein Castle, Western Cape (1980s)
Voortrekker Fort, Mpumalanga (1847)

Sudan

Semna West Fort, Semna (Nubia), (1965–1920 BCE)

Tanzania

Bagamoyo Fort, Bagamoyo (c. 1860 German colonial fortified building)
Ikoma Fort, Serengeti National Park (19th century German colonial fort)
Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort), Stone Town, Zanzibar (c. 1700)
Old Portuguese fort, Kilwa Kisiwani (c. 1500)^[4]

Tunisia

Borj El Kebir, Djerba island (14th century)
Borj El Kebir (Mahdia), Mahdia Governorate (16th century)
Kasbah of Le Kef, Kef Governorate, (c. 1612)
Kasbah of Sfax (9th-century)
Kelibia Fort, Kelibia (5th century bc, 16th century)
Ribat of Monastir, Monastir (c. 796)
Ribat of Sousse, Sousse (c. 812)

Zambia

Lundazi Castle, Eastern Province

Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe

Fort Victoria, Masvingo
Great Zimbabwe (11th–15th century)
Nesbitt Castle, Bulawayo

References

^ "Fort de Windsor Castle". www.photos-de-madagascar.com. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
^ "$5.5 Million Will Get You This South African Castle on a Cliff". InsideHook. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
^ "A Quick History of Noetzie Beach - Pezula Nature Hotel & Spa". 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2022-07-24.

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