{{Short description|Destroyed Fort on Dutch Gold Coast (contemporary Ghana)}} {{Infobox military structure |name = Fort Witsen |native_name = |partof = [[Dutch Gold Coast]] |location = |image = Fort Witsen.jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = Fort Witsen around 1668 |map_type = Ghana |map_size = |map_alt = |map_caption = |type = |coordinates = {{coord|4.916688|-1.749916|type:landmark|display=inline}} |code = |built = {{Start date|1665}} |builder = |materials = |height = |used = |demolished = |condition = |ownership = |open_to_public = |controlledby = |garrison = |current_commander = |commanders = |occupants = Netherlands (1665-1872) |battles = |events = |image2 = |caption2 = }} '''Fort Witsen''', also '''Fort Tacaray''', was a fort on the [[Dutch Gold Coast]], established in 1665 near [[Takoradi]]. This fort was destroyed after a few years, and in 1684 the site was abandoned. A map from 1791 shows, however, that the Dutch had renewed their presence in the fort again.<ref>[[Nationaal Archief|Dutch National Archives]], object number: VEL0759. Source: [http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/detail.aspx?page=dpost&lang=nl&id=816#tab2 Atlas of Mutual Heritage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510065734/http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/detail.aspx?page=dpost&lang=nl&id=816#tab2 |date=2013-05-10 }}</ref> The fort was handed over to [[United Kingdom|Britain]], along with the entire [[Dutch Gold Coast]], on 6 April 1872, owing to the provisions of the [[Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870-1871]].
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{{Gold Coast}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1656]] [[Category:Castles in Ghana]] [[Category:Dutch Gold Coast]] [[Category:1665 establishments in the Dutch Empire]] [[Category:Forts in Ghana|Witsen]] [[Category:Swedish Gold Coast]]