Ghana's material cultural heritage
| Aŋa yitaalombile | heritage site |
|---|---|
| Paaloŋ | Ghana |
A monuments list yizie la a Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, duoruu yi a ba mannewulluu "legal custodian of Ghana's material cultural heritage (movable ane immovable heritage)"[1] GMMB la bore a monuments:
A ID ba naŋ toŋ neŋ a gampɛlɛ peɛroo yizie la a Regions of Ghana pukyaare la ISO Regional ID standards.
A. Western Region
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-WP-001 | Fort Apollonia | Western | Fort | 1765 and 1771 | Beyin | 4°45′00″N 2°01′00″W | Upload Photo | ||
| 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 | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-WP-003 | Fort Groß Friedrichsburg | Western | Fort | 1683 | Princestown | article only in german | 4°47′28″N 2°08′02″W | Upload Photo | |
| GH-WP-004 | Fort Dorothea | Western | Fort | 1684–1687; 1698–1711; April 1712–1717 | Akwida | 4°45′00″N 2°01′00″W | Upload Photo
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| GH-AA-005 | Museum of Nzema Culture and History | Western | Museum | Fort Apollonia | Upload Photo
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| GH-WP-005 | Fort Metal Cross | Western | Fort | 1683 | Dixcove | 4°47′27″N 1°57′01″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-WP-006 | Fort Batenstein | Western | Fort | Between 1595 and 1600 | Butre | 4°49′18″N 1°55′16″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-WP-007 | Fort Orange | Western | Fort | 1690 | Sekondi | 4°56′09″N 1°42′26″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-WP-008 | Fort St. Sebastian | Western | Fort | 1590 | Shama | 5°01′45″N 1°37′16″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-WP-00P | Nzulezu Stilt Settlement | Western | Settlement | Lake Tadane | Upload Photo
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B. Central Region
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-CP-001 | Fort Komenda | Central | Fort | 1957 | British Komenda | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-CP-002 | Fort Vredenburg | Central | Fort | Dutch Komenda | Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-CP-003 | Castle of St. George's | Central | Castle | 1482 | Elmina | Also known as Elmina Castle | 5°05′00″N 1°21′00″W | Upload Photo | |
| 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 | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AA-004 | Elmina Castle Museum | Central Region | Museum | Elmina | 5°05′00″N 1°21′00″W | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-CP-004 | Fort St. Jago | Central | Fort | 1555 and 1558 | Elmina | 5°05′00″N 1°21′00″W | Upload Photo | ||
| 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 | Upload Photo | ||
| CE-GH-CP-006 | Fort Lijdzaamheid
a.k.a. Patience, Leydsaemheyt |
Central | Fort | 1697 | Apam | 5°17′36″N 0°44′32″W | Upload Photo | ||
| 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 | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-CP-008 | The Little Fort | Central | Fort | Anomabu | 5°11′12″N 1°06′32″W | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-CP-009 | Fort William (Ghana)
a.k.a. Anomabu Castle |
Central | Fort | 1640 | Anomabu | 5°10′00″N 1°07′00″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-CP-010 | Fort Nassau | Central | Fort | 1612 | Moree | 5°08′00″N 1°12′00″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-CP-011 | Fort Fredericksburg | Central | Fort | Amanful | 4°52′00″N 1°47′00″W | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-CP-012 | Cape Coast Castle | Central | Castle | 1653 | Cape Coast | 5°06′18″N 1°14′50″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-CP-013 | Fort McCarthy | Central | Castle | 1822 | Cape Coast | 5°06′N 1°15′W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-CP-014 | Fort Victoria | Central | Fort | 1712 | Cape Coast | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-CP-015 | Fort William (Lighthouse) | Central | Fort | 1753 | Cape Coast | 5°06′N 1°15′W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-CP-016 | Fort Royal | Central | Fort | Cape Coast | 5°06′N 1°15′W | Upload Photo
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| GH-CP-017 | Statue of George Ekem Ferguson | Central | Statue | Anomabo, Near Fort Williams | Upload Photo
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C. Greater Accra Region
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-AA-001 | National Museum | Greater Accra | Museum | 1957 | Barnes Road, Accra | 5°33′24″N 0°12′28″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AA-002 | Museum of Science & Technology | Greater Accra | Museum | 1963 | Barnes Road, Accra. | Ghana Museum of Science and Technology | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AA-003 | Ussher Fort | Greater Accra | Fort | 1649 | Ussher Town, Accra | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-AA-004 | James Fort | Greater Accra | Fort | 1673 | John Evans Atta Mills High Street, Accra | James Fort Ghana | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AA-05 | Christiansborg Castle
a.k.a. Osu Castle |
Greater Accra | Fort | 1659 | Osu, Accra | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-AA-06 | Fort Augustaborg | Greater Accra | Fort | 1787 | Teshie | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-AA-07 | Museum of Archaeology | Greater Accra | Museum | University of Ghana, Department of Archeology, Accra | Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-EP-08 | Fort Vernon | Greater Accra | Fort | 1742 | Prampram | 5°43′29″N 0°07′00″E | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-EP-09 | Holy Trinity Church Accra | Greater Accra | Church | 1894 | Accra High street | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-EP-10 | Grave ruins of Seagent Adjetey | Accra | Grave | La | Located at the La cluster of school field | Upload Photo
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E. Volta Region
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-TV-001 | Fort Prinzenstein | Volta | Fort | 1734 | Keta | 5°54′39″N 0°59′31″E | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-TV-002 | Volta Regional Museum | Volta | Museum | 1973 | Ho | Upload Photo |
F. Ashanti Region
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-AH-001 | Fort Kumasi | Ashanti | Fort | 1820 | Kumasi | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-AH-002 | Kumasi Military Museum | Ashanti | Museum | Kumasi | Upload Photo | ||||
| 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 | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-004 | Akwasi Sima Shrine
a.k.a. Kwasi Kuma Shrine |
Ashanti | Shrine | Adarkwa Jachie | about 16 km on the Kumasi-Ejisu road. | 6°43′25″N 1°30′41″W | Upload Photo
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| GH-AH-005 | Tano Abenamu Subunu Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Abirem (Alternative Spelling: Abirim) | Abirem is about 12.8 km from Kumasi on the Antoa Road, Coord of Antoa Road | 6°42′30″N 1°36′20″W | Upload Photo | ||
| 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. | 6°46′15″N 1°32′33″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-007 | Atuo Kosua Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Adwinase (Alternative Spelling: Edwenase) | Off the Ejisu-Onwi road. | 6°41′19″N 1°26′05″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-008 | Kentinkrono Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Kentinkrono | At Kentinkrono, about 20.8km on the Kumasi-Ejisu road. | 6°41′36″N 1°33′10″W | Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-009 | Tano Odomankoma Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Bogwiase (Alternative Spelling: Bodwease) | foot of the rocky Mampong scarp, about 10 km from Effiduase, in the Sekyere West District. | 6°55′04″N 1°20′16″W | Upload Photo
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| 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. | 6°41′10″N 1°29′19″W | Upload Photo
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| GH-AH-011 | Asenemaso Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Asenemaso | Kumasi-Sunyani road, at a distance of about 15 km from Kejetia. | 6°42′16″N 1°43′13″W | Upload Photo
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G. Northern Region
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-NP-001 | Larabanga Mosque | Northern Region | Mosque | 14th Century | Laribanga | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-NP-002 | Bole Mosque | Northern Region | Mosque | Bole Mosque is in West Gonja District, in the Northern Region. | Upload Photo
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| 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. | Upload Photo | |||
| 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. | Upload Photo | |||
| 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. | Upload Photo
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| 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
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-UE-001 | Upper East Regional Museum | Upper East | Museum | Bolgatanga | Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-UE-002 | Old Navrongo Catholic Cathedral Building | Upper East | Church | 1920 | Navrongo | Upload Photo | |||
| GH-UE-003 | Pikworo Slave camp | Upper East | Slave camp | 1704 | Paga | Upload Photo |
hI. Upper West
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-UW-001 | Gwollu Defence Wall | Upper West | Monument | Gwollu | Gwollu is 70 km north of Wa, in the Upper West Region of Ghana | Upload Photo
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| GH-UW-003 | Wa Naa's Palace | Upper West | Palace | Wa | Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-UW-003 | Wechiau Mosque | Upper West | Mosque | Wechiau | Upload Photo
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| GH-UW-004 | Dondoli Mosque | Upper West | Mosque | Wa | This 19th Century mosque is in Wa, the capital of the Upper West Region. | Upload Photo
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Archeological Sites
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]A Museum ko Archeology, University of Ghana naŋ be la a QMMB site.
Sommo Yizie
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- ↑ What is QMMB Archived 2024-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2012-07-27