ELIMINA
CASTLE:
Dating to 1482 the imposing St.Geoge Castle in Elmina is the oldest European
building in the Sub-Saharan Africa. Though greatly expanded under Dutch
occupation, the original Portuguese fortress and chapel are still intact
and now fashion as a local histological Museum. This was where slaves
were keptand transported by sea to red Indies the Americas and Europe.
Elimina castle also has a museum and historic sites.
BOABENG-FIEMA
MONKEY SANCTUARY:
Boabeng and Fiema Monkey Sanctuary: The Mona and black and white co lobos
monkey the scamper mischievously Around the homesteads of Boabeng and
Fiema, the twin village where according to oral tradition killing monkeys
has been strictly taboo since 1831, and the death of a monkey is mourned
as if it had been human. |