Fort Batenstein, Butre, Western region of Ghana.
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Fort Batenstein, Butre, Western region of Ghana.
Come visit Butre village and Fort Batenstein, Western region of Ghana. Surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery within Ghana, you will have a great escape to relax and unwind. Fort Batenstein is one of the ancient forts in Butre and traces it routes to the 17th Century trade in Ghana (Gold Coast, at the time). In the Early 1598, The Dutch West Indian Company established a trade post at Butre, a small town in the Western Region of Ghana. As a counterpoise, a dutch finance company led by Heinrich Caerlof set up a lodge at Butre in 1650 and 1652. Fort Batenstein - Full History, more pictures and official visitor information, Butre (1656) Situated on the high hill behind Butre village in the Western Region of Ghana , the view of the Atlantic coastline from the bastions of Fort Batenstein is quite sensational. However, it was the promise of gold in the hinterland, and not simply the beauty of this ecological paradise, that prompted the Dutch to construct this small trading fort in 1656. |
The sheer steepness of the hill was the fort’s greatest defense against imminent attack, but its constitution was so weak that the building literally shook on the occasions when its guns were fired in welcoming salutes.
William Bosman described it as ‘a tiny, ill designed fort’ . However, amidst the verdant vegetation, clean air and the waters of the beach, life at Fort Batenstein must have been, and still is, idyllic. Fort Batenstein was the second trading post established by the Dutch on their Gold Coast between 1595 and 1600, after Fort Nassau was founded in Mouri around the same time. It was situated near Butre (old spelling: Boutry).
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In 1649, the trading post was upgraded into a fort. The fort was ceded with the entire Dutch Gold Coast to Britain in 1872.
At this fort, the Treaty of Butre was signed on 27 August 1656 between the Dutch and the Ahanta...
> Read More at the Fort Batenstein and Butre Website
At this fort, the Treaty of Butre was signed on 27 August 1656 between the Dutch and the Ahanta...
> Read More at the Fort Batenstein and Butre Website
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