List of castles in Africa
This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.
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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
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The Citadel of Gondershe, Somalia was an important city in the Medieval Ajuran Empire
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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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