Looking through the window of a church on site, visitors get an idea of what life might have been like centuries ago at St. George's Castle in Elmina, Ghana. Built by the Portuguese in 1482, the 97,000-square-foot structure was used as a holding point for slaves before sending them overseas. As slave trade grew more profitable, the Dutch (on their third attempt) captured the castle in 1637 and held control for 274 years. The castle is the earliest known European structure in the tropics.
| Date Taken: | 10.31.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 09.13.2011 05:41 |
| Photo ID: | 125562 |
| VIRIN: | 081031-A-5015K-004 |
| Resolution: | 2000x3008 |
| Size: | 3.18 MB |
| Location: | ACCRA, GH |
| Web Views: | 117 |
| Downloads: | 14 |
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