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Osu Castle

coastal castle in Osu, Accra, Ghana, built by Denmark-Norway in the 1660s as a slave-trading fort; served as capital of the Danish Gold Coast and later as British colonial seat of government; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979
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Osu Castle
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
castle
Inception
1659[11]
Owned by
Government of Ghana[6]
Country
Ghana[4]
Location
Osu, Christiansborg[7][8]
Part of
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions[9]
Has use
official residence[10]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 5.547°, -0.183°, 🗺️ 5.547°, -0.184°
Short name
Osu[15]
Continent
Africa[5]
Heritage designation
Ghana’s material cultural heritage, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[12][13]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Greater Accra Region, Korle-Klottey Municipal District, Accra Metropolitan District[1][2][3]
Native label
Osu Castle[14]
Street address
P.O. Box 1627, Accra, Ghana[17]
World Heritage criteria
(vi)[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Castle en Hrad Osu en Istana Osu en Osu Castle en St. Francis Xavier en Castrum Friderici en Christianborg Castle en Christiansborg en Christiansborg Castle en Dvorac Osu en Fort Christiansborg en Forte de Christiansborg ar قلعة أوسو da Christiansborg (fort) de Osu Castle de Schloss Christianborg fr Fort Osu he טירת אוסו he מבצר כריסטיאנסבורג ja オス城
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Freebase ID
/m/027_889
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2078297
GeoNames ID
2295773
Ghana Place Names URL
sites.google.com
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Christiansborg_-_fort_i_Ghana
Lex ID
Fort_Christiansborg
Wiki Loves Monuments ID
GH-AA-010
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Greater Accra Region, Accra Metropolitan District, Korle-Klottey Municipal District
← Place of burial 2
W. E. B. Du Bois, George Padmore
Belongs to 1
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Continent 1
Africa
Country 1
Ghana
Has use 1
official residence
Instance of 1
castle
Location 1
Osu
Owned by 1
Government of Ghana
Part of 1
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
← Official residence 1
President of Ghana
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. Retrieved . tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → 1659
    World Heritage criteria → (vi)
    Image → Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg or Christiansb, Twee gezichten op Fort Christiansborg, te Ghana, RP-P-2018-1
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Greater Accra Region, Korle-Klottey Municipal District, Accra Metropolitan District
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39462"
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