About Fort Orange, Ghana

Lighthouses, Architecture, Fortifications, Historic, Interesting Places, Other Fortifications

Fort Orange (Dutch: Fort Oranje) was built as a trading post on the Dutch Gold Coast in 1642, near Sekondi. The trading post was enlarged into a fort in 1690. It was joined by an English Fort Sekondi in 1682. It was sold with the rest of the Dutch Gold Coast to the United Kingdom in 1872, and now serves as a lighthouse.

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Western Region, Ghana

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