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Detail of an archway at Fort Coenraadsburg on Mount St. Jago at Elmina

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Detail of an archway at Fort Coenraadsburg on Mount St. Jago at Elmina

Anoniem / Anonymous

Detail of an arch in the perimeter wall of Fort Coenraadsburg on St. Jago mountain near Elmina, anno 1671.

It was from this mountain that the Dutch captured St. George castle in Elmina from the Portuguese in 1637.

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