Cape Coast Castle

former fortified colonial trading post in Ghana
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Cape Coast Castle

Summary

Cape Coast Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (320 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cape Coast Castle is located in Cape Coast[3].
  • Cape Coast Castle is located in Central Region[4].
  • Cape Coast Castle is in the country of Ghana[5].
  • Cape Coast Castle's image is recorded as Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast, Ghana.JPG[6].
  • Cape Coast Castle's image is recorded as Cape coast castle II.JPG[7].
  • Cape Coast Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[8].
  • Cape Coast Castle's instance of is recorded as factory[9].
  • Cape Coast Castle's owned by is recorded as Ghana[10].
  • Cape Coast Castle's made from material is recorded as brick[11].
  • Cape Coast Castle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157449755[12].
  • Cape Coast Castle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2003062838[13].
  • Cape Coast Castle's location is recorded as Cape Coast[14].
  • Cape Coast Castle's part of is recorded as Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions[15].
  • Cape Coast Castle's Commons category is recorded as Cape Coast Castle[16].
  • Cape Coast Castle's color is recorded as white[17].
  • Cape Coast Castle's occupant is recorded as Ghana[18].
  • +1653-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cape Coast Castle[19].
  • +1652-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cape Coast Castle[20].
  • Cape Coast Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 5.1035833333333, 'lon': -1.24125}[21].
  • Cape Coast Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05435h[22].
  • Cape Coast Castle's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 34-002[23].
  • Cape Coast Castle's official website is recorded as http://ghana-net.com/cape_coast_castle_museum.aspx[24].
  • Cape Coast Castle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition[25].
  • Cape Coast Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Ghana’s material cultural heritage[26].
  • Cape Coast Castle's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[27].

Why It Matters

Cape Coast Castle ranks in the top 2% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (320 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . blackpast.org. blackpast.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . blackpast.org. blackpast.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . blackpast.org. blackpast.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . blackpast.org. blackpast.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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