Ghana's material cultural heritage

The monuments list is taken from the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, according to their description "legal custodian of Ghana's material cultural heritage (movable and immovable heritage)"[1] GMMB classifies the monuments:

The ID used on this page in reference to the Regions of Ghana are based on the ISO Regional ID standards.

A. Western Region
ID Description Region Original function Built Location Address Comment Coordinates Image
GH-WP-001 Fort Apollonia Western Fort 1765 and 1771 Beyin 4°45′00″N 2°01′00″W

GH-WP-002 Fort Saint Anthony Western Fort 1515; expanded in 1642 and 1872 by Dutch Axim 4°52′02″N 2°14′23″W

GH-WP-003 Fort Groß Friedrichsburg Western Fort 1683 Princestown article only in german 4°47′28″N 2°08′02″W

GH-WP-004 Fort Dorothea Western Fort 1684–1687; 1698–1711; April 1712–1717 Akwida 4°45′00″N 2°01′00″W
GH-AA-005 Museum of Nzema Culture & History Western Museum Nzema
GH-WP-005 Fort Metal Cross Western Fort 1683 Dixcove 4°47′27″N 1°57′01″W

GH-WP-006 Fort Batenstein Western Fort Between 1595 and 1600 Butre 4°49′18″N 1°55′16″W

GH-WP-007 Fort Orange Western Fort 1690 Sekondi 4°56′09″N 1°42′26″W

GH-WP-008 Fort St. Sebastian Western Fort 1590 Shama 5°01′45″N 1°37′16″W

GH-WP-00P Nzulezu Stilt Settlement Western Settlement Lake Tadane

B. Central Region
ID Description Region Original function Built Location Address Comment Coordinates Image
GH-CP-001 Fort Komenda Central Fort 1957 British Komenda

GH-CP-002 Fort Vredenburg Central Fort Dutch Komenda

GH-CP-003 Castle of St. George's Central Castle 1482 Elmina Also known as Elmina Castle[2] 5°05′00″N 1°21′00″W

GH-AA-003 Cape Coast Castle Museum Central Region Museum Cape Coast Museum is located within the castle. Photography not allowed there 5°06′12″N 1°14′33″W

GH-AA-004 Elmina Castle Museum Central Region Museum Elmina 5°05′00″N 1°21′00″W

GH-CP-004 Fort St. Jago Central Fort 1555 and 1558 Elmina 5°05′00″N 1°21′00″W

GH-CP-005 Fort Goede Hoop
a.k.a. Fort Good Hope		 Central Fort 1705 Senya Beraku 5°23′15″N 0°29′23″W

CE-GH-CP-006 Fort Lijdzaamheid
a.k.a. Patience, Leydsaemheyt		 Central Fort 1697 Apam 5°17′36″N 0°44′32″W

GH-CP-007 Fort Amsterdam (Ghana) Central Fort 1631, fort rebuilt by the English in 1645 Abandzi 5°12′09″N 1°05′25″W

GH-CP-008 The Little Fort Central Fort Anomabu 5°11′12″N 1°06′32″W

GH-CP-009 Fort William (Ghana)
a.k.a. Anomabu Castle		 Central Fort 1640 Anomabu 5°10′00″N 1°07′00″W

GH-CP-010 Fort Nassau Central Fort 1612 Moree 5°08′00″N 1°12′00″W

GH-CP-011 Fort Fredericksburg Central Fort Amanful 4°52′00″N 1°47′00″W

GH-CP-012 Cape Coast Castle Central Castle 1653 Cape Coast 5°06′18″N 1°14′50″W

GH-CP-013 Fort McCarthy Central Castle 1822 Cape Coast 5°06′N 1°15′W

GH-CP-014 Fort Victoria Central Fort 1712 Cape Coast

GH-CP-015 Fort William (Lighthouse) Central Fort 1753 Cape Coast 5°06′N 1°15′W

GH-CP-016 Fort Royal Central Fort Cape Coast 5°06′N 1°15′W

C. Greater Accra Region
ID Description Region Original function Built Location Address Comment Coordinates Image
GH-AA-001 National Museum Greater Accra Museum 1957 Barnes Road, Accra 5°33′24″N 0°12′28″W

GH-AA-002 Museum of Science & Technology Greater Accra Museum 1963 Barnes Road, Accra. Ghana Museum of Science and Technology

GH-AA-006 Ussher Fort Greater Accra Fort 1649 Ussher Town, Accra

GH-AA-008 James Fort Greater Accra Fort 1673 John Evans Atta Mills High Street, Accra James Fort Ghana

GH-AA-010 Christiansborg Castle
a.k.a. Osu Castle		 Greater Accra Fort 1659 Osu, Accra

GH-AA-011 Fort Augustaborg Greater Accra Fort 1787 Teshie

GH-AA-012 Museum of Archaeology Greater Accra Museum University of Ghana, Department of Archeology, Accra

GH-EP-001 Fort Vernon Greater Accra Fort 1742 Prampram 5°43′29″N 0°07′00″E

GH-EP-002 Holy Trinity Church Accra Greater Accra Church 1894 Accra High street

GH-EP-002 Fort Fredensborg Eastern Fort 1736 - 42 Old Ningo 5°45′00″N 0°11′00″E

E. Volta Region
ID Description Region Original function Built Location Address Comment Coordinates Image
GH-TV-001 Fort Prinzenstein Volta Fort 1734 Keta 5°54′39″N 0°59′31″E

GH-TV-002 Volta Regional Museum Volta Museum 1973 Ho

F. Ashanti Region
ID Description Region Original function Built Location Address Comment Coordinates Image
GH-AH-001 Fort Kumasi Ashanti Fort 1820 Kumasi

GH-AH-002 Kumasi Military Museum Ashanti Museum Kumasi

GH-AH-003 Yaw Tano Shrine
a.k.a. Tano Yaw Shrine		 Ashanti Shrine Ejisu-Besease at Besease, about 20.8 km on the Kumasi-Accra road. 5°33′26″N 1°11′45″W

GH-AH-004 Akwasi Sima Shrine
a.k.a. Kwasi Kuma Shrine		 Ashanti Shrine Adarkwa Jachie about 16 km on the Kumasi-Ejisu road.
GH-AH-005 Tano Abenamu Subunu Shrine Ashanti Shrine Abirem Abirem is about 12.8 km from Kumasi on the Antoa Road, Coord of Antoa Road 6°42′30″N 1°36′20″W

GH-AH-006 Tano Kwadwo Shrine Ashanti Shrine Saaman Saaman is about 12.6 km north-east of Kumasi, on the former Odumakoma Tempong road that led toNorthern Ghana.

GH-AH-007 Atuo Kosua Shrine Ashanti Shrine Adwinase off the Ejisu-Onwi road.

GH-AH-008 Kentinkrono Shrine Ashanti Shrine Kentinkrono At Kentinkrono, about 20.8km on the Kumasi-Ejisu road.

GH-AH-009 Tano Odomankoma Shrine Ashanti Shrine Bogwiase foot of the rocky Mampong scarp, about 10 km from Effiduase, in theSekyere West District.
GH-AH-010 Asawase Shrine
a.k.a. Tano Banie Shrine		 Ashanti Shrine Asawase near Ejisu to the south of Ejisu, about 10 km on the second-class road linking Ejisu and Apromase.
GH-AH-011 Asenemaso Shrine Ashanti Shrine Asenemaso Kumasi-Sunyani road, at a distance of about 15 km from Kejetia.

G. Northern Region
ID Description Region Original function Built Location Address Comment Coordinates Image
GH-NP-001 Larabanga Mosque Northern Region Mosque 14th Century Laribanga

GH-NP-002 Bole Mosque Northern Region Mosque Bole Mosque is in West Gonja District, in the Northern Region.
GH-NP-003 Babatu's grave Northern Region Old Grave Yendi Babatu was a notorious slave raider from Niger. There are remains of his grave and some equipment he and his army used in capturing slaves on Grunsi land.
GH-NP-004 The German cemetery Northern Region Cemetery Yendi German cemetery popularly called "German grave” contains graves of German and Dutch soldiers who died in their colonization efforts in a war with Dagombas.
GH-NP-005 Naa Dataa Tua Northern Region Cemetery Yendi Na Dataa Tua is a site is a place where men who had affairs with the Ya-Na's wives were beheaded. At the site are a sacrificial stone and a baobab tree, at the base of which the victims were beheaded.
GH-NP-006 Tamale Central Mosque Northern Region Mosque Tamale The oldest mosque in the Capital of the northern region.

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GH-NP-007 Dakpema tomb Northern Region Cemetery Tamale The ancient cave where mortal remains of Dakpemas (kings of Tamale kingdom) are kept.

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GH-NP-008 Laribanga Mystery Stone Northern Region Mystic stone Tamale Larabanga Mystery Stone During the British times, in Ghana there was a road that was laid near the Larabanga Mosque, a stone was removed during the process to make way for the road. The next day, the stone was found again on the same place it was displaced from.

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H. Upper East
ID Description Region Original function Built Location Address Comment Coordinates Image
GH-UE-001 Upper East Regional Museum Upper East Museum Bolgatanga

GH-UE-002 Old Navrongo Catholic Cathedral Building Upper East Church 1920 Navrongo

GH-UE-003 Pikworo Slave camp Upper East Slave camp 1704 Paga

hI. Upper West
ID Description Region Original function Built Location Address Comment Coordinates Image
GH-UW-001 Gwollu Defence Wall Upper West Monument Gwollu Gwollu is 70 km north of Wa, in the Upper West Region of Ghana
GH-UW-003 Wa Naa's Palace Upper West Palace Wa

GH-UW-003 Wechiau Mosque Upper West Mosque Wechiau
GH-UW-004 Dondoli Mosque Upper West Mosque Wa This 19th Century mosque is in Wa, the capital of the Upper West Region.

Archeological Sites

The Museum of Archeology, University of Ghana is listed on the QMMB site.[3]

References
  1. What is QMMB, accessed 2012-07-27
  2. http://goafrica.about.com/od/ghana/ss/Elmina-Ghana.htm
  3. Museum of Archeology, University of Ghana
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