List of castles in Africa explained

This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.

Angola

• Fortaleza de São Miguel (1641–1648)
• Fort Naulila, Cunene Province
• Fort Cuangar, Cunene Province

Egypt

See main article: List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls.

• Buhen (c. 1860 BCE)
• Cairo Citadel (12th century)
• Citadel of Qaitbay (15th century)

Ethiopia

• Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar (17th century)
• Guzara Castle, Emfraz

Gambia

• Fort James (1651)
• Fort Jillifree, Jufureh

Ghana

See main article: List of castles in Ghana and Dutch Gold Coast.

• Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1688–1782, April 1659 – May 1659)
• Elmina Castle, Elmina (1482)
• English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda (1785–1871)
• Fort Amsterdam, Abandze, Cormantin (1665–1721, 1785–1867)
• Fort Apollonia, Beyin (16??–16??, 1868–1871)
• Fort Batenstein, Butri (1656–1665, 1666–1871)
• Fort Crêvecoeur, Accra (1649–1782, 1785–1867/8)
• Fort Dorothea, Akwida (1687–1698, 1711–1712, 1732–1804)
• Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya Beraku (1667/1705–1782, 1785–1868)
• Fort Hollandia (1725–1815, previously Gross-Friedrichsburg, part of the former Brandenburger Gold Coast settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
• Fort Metal Cross (Metaal Kruis), Dixcove (1868–1871)
• Fort Nassau, present Moree (1598/1611–1664, 1665–1782, 1785–1867)
• Fort Oranje, Sekondi (1640–1871)
• Fort Patience (Fort Leydsaemhyt), Apam (1697–1782, 1785–1868)
• Fort Prinzenstein, Keta
• Fort Saint Antony, Axim (February 1642 – 1664, 1665–1671)
• Fort San Sebastian, Shema (1637–1664, 1664–1871)
• Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina
• Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg), Osu, Accra

Kenya

• Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya (1593–?)
• Thimlich Ohinga, Migori, Kenya (c. 500 – 1400)

Libya

• Cyrene Citadel
• El Tag, Kufra Oasis (mid 1930s)
• Fort Capuzzo
• Ghat Fortress
• Sabha Citadel
• Saraya El Hamra, Tripoli

Madagascar

• Fort Flacourt, Tolanaro (1643)
• Fort lalana Sylvain Roux, Île Sainte-Marie (1753)
• Fort Rova, Majunga (1824)
• Fort Voyron, Antananarivo (1940–1945)
• Windsor Castle, Antsiranana (1940–1945)^[1]

Mozambique

• Fort São Caetano, Sofala (1505)
• São Sebastião (1558–1608)

Namibia

See main article: List of castles in Namibia.

• Duwisib Castle, Hardap Region (1909)
• Heinitzburg Castle, Windhoek (1914)
• Sanderburg Castle, Windhoek (1917–1919)
• Schwerinsburg Castle, Windhoek(1890–1913)

Nigeria

• Kajuru Castle, Kajuru, Nigeria (1981–1989)

Senegal

• • Fort Nassau Fort Oranje

Sierra Leone

• Fort Bunce (1670–1840)
• Fort Lomboko (before 1839–1849)
• Fort Tasso (1160–?)
• Fort Thornton (1792)
• Fort York (after 1672 – around 1729)

Somalia

See main article: Architecture of Somalia.

• Castle town of Qandala, Bari, Puntland (no longer existent)
• Citadel ruins of Gondershe, Banaadir, Somalia
• Dhulbahante Garesa, Eyl, Puntland
• Dhulbahante Garesa, Taleh, Sool, Somaliland

South Africa

See main article: List of castles and fortifications in South Africa.

• Amsterdam Battery, Western Cape (1780s)
• Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s)
• Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666)
• Castle on the Cliff, Western Cape (1960s)^[2]
• Fort Chavonnes, Western Cape (1714–1725)
• Craighross Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape
• Coornhoop, Western Cape (1657)
• Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape (1822–1837)
• Fort Daspoortrand, Gauteng(1896–1898)
• Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (1847)
• Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century)
• Fort Klapperkop, Pretoria, Gauteng (1890s)
• Fort Mistake, Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
• Fort Nongqayi, KwaZulu-Natal (1883)
• Fort Schanskop, Gauteng (1890s)
• Fort Wonderboompoort, Gauteng (1897)
• Greylingstad, Mpumalanga (c. 1900)
• King's Blockhouse, Western Cape (1795)
• Knoetzie Castles, Western Cape (1930s)^[3]
• Lindsay Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape
• Lichtenstein Castle, Western Cape (1980s)
• Voortrekker Fort, Mpumalanga (1847)

Sudan

• Semna West Fort, Semna (Nubia), (1965–1920 BCE)

Tanzania

• Bagamoyo Fort, Bagamoyo (c. 1860 German colonial fortified building)
• Ikoma Fort, Serengeti National Park (19th century German colonial fort)
• Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort), Stone Town, Zanzibar (c. 1700)
• Old Portuguese fort, Kilwa Kisiwani (c. 1500)^[4]

Tunisia

• Borj El Kebir, Djerba island (14th century)
• Borj El Kebir (Mahdia), Mahdia Governorate (16th century)
• Kasbah of Le Kef, Kef Governorate, (c. 1612)
• Kasbah of Sfax (9th-century)
• Kelibia Fort, Kelibia (5th century bc, 16th century)
• Ribat of Monastir, Monastir (c. 796)
• Ribat of Sousse, Sousse (c. 812)

Zambia

• Lundazi Castle, Eastern Province

Zimbabwe

• Fort Victoria, Masvingo
• Great Zimbabwe (11th–15th century)
• Nesbitt Castle, Bulawayo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fort de Windsor Castle . 2022-07-24 . www.photos-de-madagascar.com.
2. Web site: $5.5 Million Will Get You This South African Castle on a Cliff . 2022-07-24 . InsideHook . en-US.
3. Web site: 2019-03-25 . A Quick History of Noetzie Beach - Pezula Nature Hotel & Spa . 2022-07-24 . en-US.
4. Web site: Centre . UNESCO World Heritage . Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara . 2022-07-24 . UNESCO World Heritage Centre . en.