Fort Saint Anthony
Fort Saint Anthony was a fort built by the Portuguese in 1515 near the town of Axim, in what is now Ghana. In 1642, the Dutch captured the fort and subsequently made it part of the Dutch Gold Coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jesuraj Alakassery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: former colonial fortified trading post in Ghana
- Also known as: “Axim Castle”, “Fort Santo Antonio”, “Fort St Anthony”, “Fort St. Anthony”, and “Fuerte de San Antonio”
- Historically known as: “Saint Anthony Fort” and “St. Anthony Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nzema East Municipal District.
Nzema East Municipal District
Government office
Nzema East Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. It was originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Nzema East District, which was created from the former Nzema District Council… Nzema East Municipal District is situated 710 metres east of Fort Saint Anthony.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axim and Domunli.
Axim
Photo: Ottomuc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Axim is a coastal town and the capital of Nzema East Municipal district, a district in Western Region of South Ghana. Axim lies 64 kilometers west of the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region, west of Cape Three Points.
Domunli
Village
Domunli is a town in the Western Region of Ghana. The town is south of Agufo on the Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located 100 kilometres west of the regional capital, Takoradi, and is in the Jomoro District. Domunli is situated 5 km southeast of Fort Saint Anthony.
Fort Saint Anthony
- Categories: fort, factory, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nzema East Municipal District, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.86793° or 4° 52′ 5″ northLongitude
-2.24435° or 2° 14′ 40″ westElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
6CPVVQ94+57OpenStreetMap ID
way 204593464OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
11718013Wikidata ID
Q1998460
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Fort Saint Anthony” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣安东尼奥堡”
- Chinese: “聖安東尼奧堡”
- Dagbani: “Fort Saint Anthony”
- Dutch: “Santo Antonio de Axim”
- French: “Fort Saint Anthony”
- French: “Fort Saint-Antoine”
- French: “fort Santo Antonio”
- French: “Fort Santo Antonio”
- French: “Fort St. Anthony”
- German: “Fort St. Anthony”
- Hausa: “Fort Saint Anthony”
- Hebrew: “מצודת סנטו אנטוניו”
- Italian: “Fort Saint Anthony”
- Italian: “Fort Santo Antonio”
- Italian: “Forte Santo Antonio”
- Japanese: “聖アントニオ砦”
- Polish: “Fort San Antonio de Axim”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Santo António”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Santo António de Axim”
- Russian: “Форт Святого Антония”
- Serbian: “Тврђава Санто Антонио де Аксим”
- Spanish: “Fort Saint Anthony”
- Spanish: “Fort Santo Antonio”
- Tatar: “Изге Антоний кальгасы”
- Turkish: “Saint Anthony Kalesi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pepre Point and Nsein.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as GCB and Axim Girls‘ Senior High School.
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