# Fort Kongenstein

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{{short description|Danish trading fort}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name          = Fort Kongenstein
| location      = [Ada Foah](/source/Ada_Foah), [Ghana](/source/Ghana)
| image         = Remains_of_Fort_Kongenstein_(B).jpg
| image_size    = 300px
| caption       = Remains of Fort Kongenstein
| pushpin_map   = Ghana#Africa
| pushpin_relief = y
| pushpin_mapsize = 
| coordinates   = {{Coord|format=dms|display=it}}
| height        = 
| controlledby  = 
| built         = 1783
| builder       = 
| fate          = washed away by the sea
| condition     = ruins
}}
'''Fort Kongenstein''' ({{langx|da|Fort Kongensten}}) was a [Danish](/source/Danish_people) trading fort located in [Ada Foah](/source/Ada_Foah), [Ghana](/source/Ghana) built in 1783.<ref name=FK>{{cite web|title=Fort Kongenstein, Ada|url=http://www.ghanamuseums.org/forts/fort-kongenstein.php|publisher=ghanamuseums.org|accessdate=12 January 2014|archive-date=2 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502123739/http://www.ghanamuseums.org/forts/fort-kongenstein.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> A greater portion of the fort has since been washed away by the sea waves.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Rising seas washing away Ghana's former slave forts|journal=Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2012/1004/Rising-seas-washing-away-Ghana-s-former-slave-forts|publisher=.csmonitor.com|accessdate=13 January 2014|date=2012-10-04}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:Remains of Fort Kongenstein (A).jpg|Front view
File:Fort Kongenstein.jpg|Front view
File:Remains of Fort Kongenstein (C).jpg
File:Remains of Fort Kongenstein (F).jpg
File:Remains of Fort Kongenstein (D).jpg
</gallery>

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Category:Danish Gold Coast
Kongenstein
Category:Former Danish colonies
Category:Greater Accra Region
Category:Military installations established in 1783
Category:18th century in Ghana

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