Welcome to Fort Ussher / BaBa ee (Ga) / Akwaaba (Twi) to Ussher Fort (Accra)
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Information website about Accra`s Ussher Fort and Ussher Prison (Ussher Town)
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Fort Ussher (Fort Crevecoer), a former prison where Kwame Nkrumah was imprisoned, once...
Dutch post built in 1642. Enlarged and named Fort Crevecoeur, in 1652. Temporarily in British hands, in 1782. Returned to the Dutch in 1785. Abandoned in 1816. Damaged by earthquake, in 1862. Transferred to British, rebuilt and renamed Ussher Fort, in 1868. |
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Ussher Fort: Restoration of the bastion and former police station
Ussher Fort is one of three European forts in Accra which have survived the times. It was built as Fort Crêvecoeur by the Dutch in 1649.
The project Restoration of the bastion and former police station into a museum in forts and castles is the following phase of the conservation plan of Ussher Fort.
Ussher Fort is one of three European forts in Accra which have survived the times. It was built as Fort Crêvecoeur by the Dutch in 1649.
The project Restoration of the bastion and former police station into a museum in forts and castles is the following phase of the conservation plan of Ussher Fort.
Ussher Fort (Fort Ussher) - now partly a museum. Remains: of the Fort Ussher prison, established by the British.
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Outside Fort Ussher. The coat of Arms of Ghana. Remains of the use as prison, for many years.
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