Elmina Castle

Elmina Castle was brought by the Portuguese up in 1482 as São Jorge da Mina Castle, in like manner alluded to similarly as Mina or Feitoria da Mina in presenting day Elmina, Ghana in the past the Gold Coast.

It was the key trading post in view of the Gulf of Guinea, so is the most prepared European working in nearness south of the Sahara.

To start with set up as an exchange settlement, the manor later ended up a standout amongst the most imperative stops on the course of the Atlantic slave exchange.

The Dutch grabbed the stronghold from the Portuguese in 1637 and assumed control over all the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1642.

In 1872, the slave exchange proceeded under the Dutch until 1814, and the Dutch Gold Coast, including the stronghold, turned into an ownership of the British Empire.