12/30/2023 0 Comments Castle on the coast of africa![]() I have witnessed the effects of ethnic cleansing in Rwanda and Bosnia. I have traveled to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, and to the killing fields in Cambodia. On the other hand, in the course of my travels, I have visited places that represent dark and ugly chapters in human history, and at Thanksgiving time, I am exceedingly thankful that these places and what they represent no longer plague the human race. In terms of the number of countries visited, he is ranked 21st among USA travelers and 186th in the world by the website Thanksgiving calls to mind the many things for which we are grateful: family, quality of life, community, and the precious freedoms we enjoy as citizens of the USA. Mills has traveled to 174 of the 193 member-countries of the United Nations during his 140 overseas trips. Today, the Fortress of São Miguel holds Angola’s Museum of the Armed Forces.Dr. The Fortress of São Miguel illustrates the history of Angola, beginning with its years as a Portuguese colony. UNESCO | Pall Stefansson Fortress of Sao Miguel in Luanda, Angola Goree was a valuable structure in the West African slave trade where approximately 15 million people were forced through the “Door of No Return” in the House of Slaveslocated at sea level on the island’s east side. Its castle, located four kilometers from the Senegalese capital Dakar, has Never again returned to Namibia, abandoning the castle. Wolf died fighting in World War I in 1916 and his wife The famous German architect Wilhelm Sander to build him a castle. Namibia in peacetime with his new bride, purchased eight farms, and enlisted Located in the semi-arid hills of southern Namibia, this castleresembles European architecture because it was constructed by German army captain Hans Heinrich von Wolf.Īfter serving in the German-Nama war, Wolf returned to Taleh Castle is a collection of structures built aroundįortresses making up the historic town (also called Taleh) which was bombardedīy the British Royal Air Force in 1920. National Museums of Kenya Taleh Castle in Taleh, Somalia By the early 20th century, the British had gained control of the fort and used it as a prison until the late 1950s when the Kenyan government assumed control and turned Fort Jesus into a historical monument. With water, residential areas and a “house of justice.” Fort Jesus in Mombasa, Kenyaīetween 16 Fort Jesus was captured at least nine separate times. Photo Courtesy Of Cape Coast Castle Museum Saladin Citadel in Cairo, EgyptĬitadel, contains three mosques, aqueducts to supply the fort It was this castle that once served as a center ofĬape Coast Castle was only one of a handful of “slave castles” built on the Ghanaian coast that served as a marketplace, holding cell and home for traders from a number of European countries over a period of 200 years. Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghanaįirst built by Swedish traders in timber and gold in theġ7th century, the Cape Coast Castle serves as a painful reminder of the Transatlantic This castle was the first two-story structure inĮthiopia. Fasil Ghebbi in Gondar, EthiopiaĮmperor Fasilidas was a lover of architecture and thisĬastle he constructed incorporates Ethiopian Orthodox temples, libraries, Series of earthquakes between the 11th and 14th centuries, to protect the cityįrom invading Turks in the 1480s. Of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world destroyed after a The Citadel was built on the same spot as the Lighthouse UNESCO | Jean-Jacques Gelbart Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria, Egypt
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