Princes Town

Princes Town is the location of Fort Grossfriedrichsburg, built by the Germans in 1683. It is on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Ghana.

Stones to build the fort were transported to ghana from Germany. Some 300,000 Africans were transported through this fort to work as slaves. Fort Grossfriedrichsburg was inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.

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Princes Town

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