List of castles in Africa
This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.
Fortress of São Miguel
Angola
- Fortaleza de São Miguel (1641–1648)
- Fort Naulila, Cunene Province
- Fort Cuangar, Cunene Province
Egypt
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Cairo Citadel, in 2010.
- Buhen (c. 1860 BCE)
- Cairo Citadel (12th century)
- Citadel of Qaitbay (15th century)
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
- Cyrene Citadel
- El Tag, Kufra Oasis (mid 1930s)
- Fort Capuzzo
- Ghat Fortress
- Sabha Citadel
- Saraya El Hamra, Tripoli
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
Nigeria
- Kajuru Castle, Kajuru, Nigeria (1981–1989)
Senegal
- Fort Nassau
- Fort Oranje
Sierra Leone
- Fort Bunce (1670–1840)
- Fort Lomboko (before 1839–1849)
- Fort Tasso (1160–?)
- Fort Thornton (1792)
- Fort York (after 1672 – around 1729)
- unnamed fort close to Tanguarim (15th century)
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
South Africa
- Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s)
- Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666)
- Castle on the Cliff, Western Cape (1960s)[2]
- Craighross Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape
- Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape (1822–1837)
- Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (1847)
- Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century)
- Fort Mistake, Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
- Greylingstad, Mpumalanga (c. 1900)
- Knoetzie Castles, Western Cape (1930s)[3]
- Lindsay Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape
- Voortrekker Fort, Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga
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
- 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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