Photos tagged as forts

The main buttresses and defence cannons for Cape Coast Castle

Cape Coast Castle was a very desirable and strategic location for any European power seeking access to the slave trade from West Africa. As the main conduit of slaves traded from the Ashanti, that country which held Cape Coast had the best access to the lucrative trade. As a result, it often came under attack from rival countries who would lay siege to the castle from the sea in an attempt to take it.

• Date: 21 July 2009
• Photographer: Sarabi: gallery
• Location: Cape Coast, Ghana
• Tags: forts slaves
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Check point

A porthole through which guards would keep an eye on the slaves in the corridor below being filed from the dungeon through to the Door of No Return where they would be rowed out to the awaiting ships.

• Date: 21 July 2009
• Photographer: Sarabi: gallery
• Location: Cape Coast, Ghana
• Tags: forts slaves
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The entrance to Cape Coast Castle

• Date: 21 July 2009
• Photographer: Sarabi: gallery
• Location: Cape Coast, Ghana
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Entrace to Punakha Dzong

• Date: 5 July 2009
• Photographer: rsherry: gallery
• Location: Bhutan
• Tags: forts monasteries
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Punakha Dzong

• Date: 5 July 2009
• Photographer: rsherry: gallery
• Location: Bhutan
• Tags: forts monasteries
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parag at the old fort

old, old city in prague

• Date: June 2009
• Photographer: ctamler: gallery
• Location: Czech Republic
• Tags: town forts old
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Kinsale, Ireland

• Date: April 2009
• Photographer: jhl5006: gallery
• Location: Kinsale, Ireland
• Tags: landscapes forts
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Kinsale, Ireland

• Date: April 2009
• Photographer: jhl5006: gallery
• Location: Kinsale, Ireland
• Tags: landscapes trees sea forts
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Ceiling detail Gibalfarro

• Date: 10 February 2009
• Photographer: baluba: gallery
• Location: Málaga, Spain
• Tags: architecture forts
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Gibalfarro

• Date: 10 February 2009
• Photographer: baluba: gallery
• Location: Málaga, Spain
• Tags: forts citadels
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FortPara1

• Date: 2009
• Photographer: MPemb: gallery
• Location: Brazil
• Tags: forts brasil paraty forst portuguese
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Forts5

• Date: 13 May 2009
• Photographer: MPemb: gallery
• Location: Brazil
• Tags: buildings military forts florianopolis
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Forts4

• Date: 2009
• Photographer: MPemb: gallery
• Location: Brazil
• Tags: buildings military forts florianopolis portuguese
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Forts3

• Date: 2009
• Photographer: MPemb: gallery
• Location: Brazil
• Tags: buildings military forts florianopolis portuguese
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Forts2

• Date: 2009
• Photographer: MPemb: gallery
• Location: Brazil
• Tags: buildings military forts florianopolis portuguese
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Forts1

• Date: 2009
• Photographer: MPemb: gallery
• Location: Brazil
• Tags: buildings military forts florianopolis portuguese
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Appears they like to shoot at themselves!

Canon on the walls of Il Kastell, Victoria, Gozo

• Date: 4 December 2008
• Photographer: baluba: gallery
• Location: Malta
• Tags: buildings forts historical
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We break for walled cities! This one's Chester

• Date: 24 June 2008
• Photographer: jennrob: gallery
• Location: England
• Tags: chester forts
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Staigue Fort

• Date: 19 June 2008
• Photographer: jennrob: gallery
• Location: Ireland
• Tags: forts portmagee
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Rob on Edge

of the Aran Island Ring Fort

• Date: 12 June 2008
• Photographer: jennrob: gallery
• Location: Ireland
• Tags: landscapes forts
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Navan Fort Hill

• Date: 3 June 2008
• Photographer: jennrob: gallery
• Location: Ireland
• Tags: forts archaeology
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Palace room, Agra fort

• Date: 24 May 2008
• Photographer: Budai: gallery
• Location: India
• Tags: forts palaces
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Agra fort entrance

• Date: 24 May 2008
• Photographer: Budai: gallery
• Location: India
• Tags: forts
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Fortress walls, Agra

• Date: 24 May 2008
• Photographer: Budai: gallery
• Location: India
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Agra fort, facing the Taj Mahal and the river Yamuna

• Date: 24 May 2008
• Photographer: Budai: gallery
• Location: India
• Tags: forts
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