List of castles in Africa

This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.

Aerial view of Darawiish king Diiriye Guure's main Dhulbahante Garesa (fort) complex in Taleh, Somalia, the capital of his Dervish State.

Fortress of São Miguel

Cairo Citadel, in 2010.

Fasiledes's castle, Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar.

The Citadel of Gondershe, Somalia was an important city in the Medieval Ajuran Empire.

Angola

• Fortaleza de São Miguel
• Fort Naulila, Cunene Province
• Fort Cuangar, Cunene Province

Egypt

see also List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls

• Buhen (c.1860 BCE)
• Cairo Citadel (12th century)
• Citadel of Qaitbay (15th century)

Ethiopia

• Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar (17th century)

Gambia

• Fort James (1651)
• Fort Jillifree, Jufureh

Ghana

Main articles: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions and Dutch Gold Coast

• Fort Amsterdam, Abandze, Cormantin (1665-1721, 1785-1867)
• Fort Apollonia, Beyin (16..-16.., 1868-1871)
• Fort Saint Antony, Axim (February 1642 – 1664, 1665–71)
• Fort Batenstein, Butri (1656-1665, 1666-1871)
• Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1688-1782, 16 April 1659-May 1659)
• Fort Crêvecoeur, Accra (1649-1782, 1785-1867/8)
• Fort Dorothea, Akwida (1687-1698, 1711-1712, 1732-1804)
• Elmina Castle, Elmina (1482)
• English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda (1785-1871)
• Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya Beraku (1667/1705-1782, 1785-1868)
• Fort Hollandia (1725-1815, previously Gross-Friedrichsburg, part of the former Brandenburger Gold Coast settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
• Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina
• Fort Metal Cross (Metaal Kruis), Dixcove (1868-1871)
• Fort Nassau, present Moree (1598/1611-1664, 1665-1782, 1785-1867)
• Fort Oranje, Sekondi (1640-1871)
• Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg), Osu, Accra
• Fort Patience (Fort Leydsaemhyt), Apam (1697-1782,1785-1868)
• Fort Prinzenstein, Keta
• Fort San Sebastian, Shema (1637-1664,1664-1871)

Kenya

• Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya (1593-)
• Thimlich Ohinga, Migori, Kenya (c.500 AD - 1400 AD)

Libya

• El Tag, Kufra Oasis (mid-1930s)
• Fort Capuzzo
• Saraya El Hamra Tripoli
• Cyrene Citadel
• Sabha Citadel
• Ghat Fortress

Madagascar

• Fort Flacourt, Tolanaro, Madagascar 1643
• Fort Rova, Majunga, Madagascar 1824
• Fort lalana sylvain roux?, Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar 1753
• Windsor Castle, Antsiranana[1], Antsiranana, Madagascar 1940-1945
• Fort Voyron, Antananarivo, Madagascar 1940-1945

Mozambique

• Fort São Caetano, Sofala (1505)
• São Sebastião (1558-1608)

Nigeria

• Kajuru castle, Kajuru, Nigeria (1989)

Senegal

• Fort Nassau
• Fort Oranje

Sierra Leone

• Fort Bunce (1670–1840)
• Fort Lomboko (before 1839–1849)
• Fort Tasso (1160–?)
• Fort Thornton (1792)
• Fort York (after 1672–around 1729)
• unnamed Fort close to Tanguarim (15th century)

Somalia

Main article: Architecture of Somalia

• Taleh, Sool region.
• Eyl, Nugaal region.
• Gondershe, Banaadir region.
• Qandala, Bari, Somalia region.
• Bargal, Bari region.
• Dubar, Woqooyi Galbeed
• Garesa, Banaadir region.

South Africa

See the main article: List of Castles and Fortifications in South Africa

• Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape Province (1822-1837)
• Castle On the Cliff
• Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (1847)
• Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666)
• Greylingstad, Mpumalanga (c.1900)
• Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century)
• Knoetzie Castles
• Craighross Castle, Noetzie
• Lindsay Castle, Noetzie
• Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s)
• Fort Mistake, Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
• Voortrekker Fort, Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga

Sudan

• Semna (Nubia), (1965-1920 BCE)

Tanzania

• Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort), Stone Town, Zanzibar (c. 1700)
• Kilwa Kisiwani gereza (Old Fort) Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania (c. 1500) [2]
• Ikoma Fort, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania (19th century German colonial fort) (2°11′20.25″S 34°43′30.91″E)
• Bagamoyo Fort, Bagamoyo, Tanzania (c. 1860 German colonial fortified building) (6°26′40.89″S 38°54′39.24″E)

Tunisia

• Ribat of Monastir (old fort), Monastir, (c. 796)
• Ribat of Sousse (old fort), sousse, (c. 812)
• kasbah of Le kef (ottoman fort), kef, (c. 1612)
• Kasbah of Sfax (9th-century)
• Kelibia Fort , kelibia (5th century bc, 16th century)
• Borj El Kebir, djerba (14th century)
• Borj El Kebir (Mahdia), mahdia (16th century)

Zambia

• Lundazi Castle

Zimbabwe

• Fort Victoria (Masvingo)
• Great Zimbabwe (11th-15th century)
• Nesbitt Castle (Bulawayo)
• The Castle (Vumba)