Fort Coenraadsburg or Conraadsburg, also Fort Sao Jago da Mina, is a fort on the Dutch Gold Coast

Dutch Gold Coast

The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea was a portion of coastal West Africa that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 1598...

, built in 1652 to protect Fort Elmina from attacks. Before the fort was established, a reinforced chapel was built on the hill by the Portuguese, which was burned to the ground by the Dutch in the Battle of Elmina (1637)

Battle of Elmina (1637)

In 1637 the Dutch West India Company detached 9 ships from the forces attacking the Portuguese in brazil to send them against the Portuguese in Fort Elmina. They appointed Colonel Hans Coine to command the fleet which consisted of a total of 1,300 men...

. The fort was ceded with the entire Dutch Gold Coast to Britain in 1872.