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Fort Lijdzaamheid

Fort Lijdzaamheid - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Fort Patience (Dutch: Fort Lijdzaamheid, or, in 17th-century spelling, Fort Leydsaemheyt) is a Dutch-built fort located in the township of Apam, in the Central Region of Ghana. Originally built in 1697, it served as a defensive fortification and a trading post. Because of its testimony to European pre-colonial and colonial influence in West Africa, the fort was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with several other forts and castles in Ghana. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: military installation
• date from: 1697
• UNESCO World Heritage Site: 34-003

Source: en.wikipedia.org