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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Spiagge e barche di pescatori viste dagli spalti del castello.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Beaches and fishing boats seen from the castle ramparts.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Spiagge e barche di pescatori viste dagli spalti del castello.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Beaches and fishing boats seen from the castle ramparts.
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Il porto dei pescatori a Elmina.
In alto a destra un altro dei luoghi famigerati della schiavitù. il castello di Elmina.
The fishing port in Elmina.
Top right, another infamous site of slavery: Elmina Castle.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
'Il carcere erano composto da 4 o 5 celle che si affacciavano su di un cortile più piccolo.
In ogni cella erano stipate fino a 200 donne, così tante che sdraiarsi era impossibile.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
'The prison consisted of four or five cells overlooking a smaller courtyard.'
Each cell was packed with up to 200 women, so many that lying down was impossible.
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Castello di Elmina - St. George's Castle.
Scale di accesso ai vari settori del castello.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Stairs leading to the various sections of the castle.
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Lo stemma della famiglia reale olandese su di una porta interna del forte.
Il forte è appartenuta agli olandesi dal 1637 al 1871.
Elmina divenne la capitale della Costa d'Oro olandese.
Durante il periodo del controllo olandese, su una collina vicina fu costruita una nuova fortezza più piccola per proteggere São Jorge dagli attacchi dell'entroterra: Fort Coenraadsburg.
Gli olandesi continuarono la tratta triangolare atlantica degli schiavi fino al 1814, quando abolirono la tratta degli schiavi, ai sensi del trattato anglo-olandese sulla tratta degli schiavi.
The coat of arms of the Dutch royal family on an interior gate of the fort.
The fort belonged to the Dutch from 1637 to 1871.
Elmina became the capital of the Dutch Gold Coast.
During the period of Dutch control, a new, smaller fortress was built on a nearby hill to protect São Jorge from attacks from the hinterland: Fort Coenraadsburg.
The Dutch continued the Atlantic Triangular Slave Trade until 1814, when they abolished the slave trade under the Anglo-Dutch Slave Trade Treaty.
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Ingresso al castello di Elmina.
Il piccolo ponte levatoio che da accesso al forte.
Entrance to Elmina Castle.
The small drawbridge that provides access to the fort.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Cortile carcere femminile visto dagli alloggi del Governatore.
In basso a sinistra, la botola di legno.
In alto a destra, la palla di cannone.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
The women's prison courtyard seen from the Governor's Quarters.
Bottom left: the wooden trapdoor.
Top right: the cannonball.
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Il Castello di Elmina.
Un altro dei siti dediti alla tratta degli schiavi.
Elmina Castle.
Another site of the slave trade.
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Castello di Elmina - St. George's Castle.
Scale di accesso ai vari settori del castello.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Stairs leading to the various sections of the castle.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
'Cortile carcere femminile.
Guardandoci intorno nel cortile, vedevamo una palla di cannone, una botola di legno sul pavimento e un passaggio aperto circa due piani sopra di noi.
Quando il Governatore decideva di volere una donna per fare sesso, usciva sul passaggio e faceva portare le donne fuori dalle segrete nel cortile, così da poterle esaminare e decidere quale preferire.
Se la donna scelta era gestibile, la botola di legno sul pavimento veniva aperta su un'area di contenimento per l'acqua, dove veniva ripulita prima di essere portata su una scala appositamente costruita per raggiungere gli alloggi del Governatore.
Se si rifiutava di andare veniva incatenata alla palla di cannone e lasciata all'aperto senza cibo né acqua.
Naturalmente il Governatore non era il solo ad usufruire di questo servizio.
Per quanto oggi inconcepibile non era il peggio che poteva capitare a queste misere giovani.
Se rimanevano incinte venivano portate in città , libere e con una vita accettabile per lei e il figlio.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
'Women's Prison Courtyard.'
Looking around the courtyard, we saw a cannonball, a wooden trapdoor in the floor, and an open passageway about two floors above us.
When the Governor decided he wanted a woman for sex, he would step out onto the passageway and have the women brought out of the dungeons into the courtyard so he could examine them and decide which one he preferred.
If the chosen woman was manageable, the wooden trapdoor in the floor was opened onto a water holding area, where she was cleaned before being carried up a specially constructed ladder to the Governor's quarters.
If she refused to go, she was chained to the cannonball and left outside without food or water.
Of course, the Governor wasn't the only one to take advantage of this service.
While inconceivable today, it wasn't the worst that could happen to these wretched young women.
If they became pregnant, they were taken to the city, free and with a life acceptable for her and her child.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
L'uscita verso il mare utilizzata per imbarcare gli schiavi.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
The sea exit used to embark slaves.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Ingresso alle segrete maschili.
Stanco di riprendere ulteriori orrori ho smesso di scattare foto a questo luogo.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Entrance to the men's dungeons.
Tired of filming further horrors, I stopped taking photos of this place.
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Castello di Elmina - St. George's Castle.
Uno degli orrori del castello.
Questo ingresso dava accesso ad una cella senza aria e luce.
Qui venivano rinchiusi gli schiavi che avevano mostrato qualche tipo di ribellione e lasciati morire di fame e di sete.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
One of the castle's horrors.
This entrance led to a cell without air or light.
This was where slaves who had shown any kind of rebellion were locked up and left to die of hunger and thirst.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Entrata nella zona con le celle delle donne.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Entrance to the women's cell area.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Una zona residenziale del castello con una grande terrazza sul mare e una veranda delimitata da colonne.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
A residential area of the castle with a large seafront terrace and a colonnaded veranda.
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Castello di Elmina - St. George's Castle.
Chiesa portoghese.
Oggi sembra impossibile la vicinanza di un luogo in cui viene predicato l'amore per il prossimo con le orribili crudeltà praticate a pochi metri di distanza.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Portuguese Church.
Today, it seems impossible to imagine the proximity of a place where love for one's neighbor is preached to the horrific cruelties practiced just meters away.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
L'ingresso, con il suo ponte levatoio, visto dagli spalti del castello.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
The entrance, with its drawbridge, seen from the castle ramparts.
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Il Castello di Elmina è uno dei circa trenta "castelli degli schiavi" o grandi fortezze commerciali costruite sulla Costa d'Oro dell'Africa occidentale (oggi Ghana), lungo il Golfo di Guinea, dai commercianti europei.
È il più antico edificio europeo dell'Africa subsahariana.
Fatta erigere da Giovanni II del Portogallo nel 1482 come centro di scambio commerciale di nome Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (Castello di San Giorgio della Miniera), la fortezza, nota anche semplicemente come Mina o Feitoria da Mina, sorge nei pressi dell'attuale città di Elmina.
Dopo la sua occupazione da parte dei Paesi Bassi nel 1637, rimase sotto il controllo degli olandesi sino al 1814.
Nel 1872 la Costa d'Oro olandese passò all'Impero britannico.
Nel 1957, con l'indipendenza del Ghana, il controllo della fortezza divenne appannaggio del Dominion del Ghana.
Elmina Castle is one of approximately thirty "slave castles," or large trading forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa (now Ghana) along the Gulf of Guinea by European traders.
It is the oldest European building in sub-Saharan Africa.
Built by John II of Portugal in 1482 as a trading post under the name Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (Castle of St. George of the Mines), the fortress, also known simply as Mina or Feitoria da Mina, stands near the present-day town of Elmina.
After its occupation by the Netherlands in 1637, it remained under Dutch control until 1814.
In 1872, the Dutch Gold Coast passed to the British Empire.
In 1957, with Ghana's independence, control of the fortress became the prerogative of the Dominion of Ghana.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Panorama sulla città di Elmina.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
View of the town of Elmina.
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Elmina Castle was built by Portugal in 1482 and was one of a series of slave fortresses built along Ghana's coast line. Elmina was built in an effort to strengthen the Portuguese monopoly in trade on the west coast of Africa. Included in this group of Portugese builders was Christopher Columbus, who it is said stopped here on his voyage to the Americas in 1492. While it started out as a trading post, it later became one of the first focal points for the African and trans Atlantic slave trade. Mainly female slaves were kept here. Most male slaves were kept further down the coast at Cape Coast.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Nel cortile centrale abbiamo visto una targa commemorativa di un governatore scomparso in carica.
Sulla targa era impresso parte dell'elogio funebre del sacerdote, che tra le altre cose affermava che "[il governatore] era un brav'uomo".
Abbiamo visto altri cartelli che indicavano che i proprietari del castello si consideravano cristiani.
Credo che sia stato il tempo in cui siano state commese le maggiori atrocità legate alla tratta degli schiavi.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
In the central courtyard, we saw a plaque commemorating a governor who died in office.
The plaque bore part of the priest's eulogy, which stated, among other things, that "[the governor] was a good man."
We saw other signs indicating that the castle's owners considered themselves Christians.
I believe this was the time when the greatest atrocities related to the slave trade were committed.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Un vecchio cannone ormai diventato un ammasso di ruggine.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
An old cannon now a pile of rust.
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Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
Una zona residenziale del castello con una grande terrazza sul mare e una veranda delimitata da colonne.
Elmina Castle - St. George's Castle.
A residential area of the castle with a large seafront terrace and a colonnaded veranda.
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Females chosen by the governor would be washed in this well in full view of all other slaves. Then she would be fed and taken up a back staircase to the governor's bedroom where she would be raped as long as the governor cared to rape her. If she became pregnant she would be released from the castle but not allowed to return to her people. She would live in a place the governor chose in the town of Elmina.
From this balcony the Dutch governor would view all the female slaves in order to choose one to rape. Since Dutch women would not come to Elmina, the governor and his soldiers freely raped any female slaves they wished to. Hence the multi colors of people of African descent through the ensuing centuries.
This dungeon faced the courtyard where the governor would make his selection of which slave to rape.
This is one of the infamous Doors of No Return. Purposely built small so only one person at a time could pass through it, this one is located in Elmina Castle in Ghana. From the time it was built in 1452 until the ending of the trans-Atlantic slave trade almost 400 years later, more than 30 million citizens of African descent passed through it or or a door just like it. They mainly went to the Americas to build the new world. Built by the Portugese, Elmina also served as a garrison/post for the Dutch, British, French and in the 1960s was used as a training facility for Ghanian police. Ghanian children come in droves to learn its history. If you are totally quiet, you can still hear the cries, screams, curses, and anguish of a continent being systematically stripped of its human resources. No African who exited through the Door of No Return ever came back to Africa.
This is one of the main dungeons where female slaves were held at Elmina Castle in Ghana, West Africa.
River boat are lined near the shore as local fishermen cross over to the tied fishing boats. El Mina, Ghana, W. Africa
Elmina Castle is St George's Castle. Founded in 1482 it is the oldest remaining colony building in Africa, with the oldest Christian church inside. It was held and expanded by several nationalities including the Dutch, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish and the British. It was used for trade including holding slaves before transportation across the Atlantic to the Americas.