Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ghana Elmina Castle Slave Holding Cell

Slave holding cell in Ghana's Elmina Castle

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Original – A holding cell for up to 200 slaves in Ghana's Elmina Castle, built by the Portuguese in 1482 as São Jorge da Mina, and repurposed as a slave trading post in the 17th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Reason

Good image with extremely high EV & significance. (Images like this are why I'm glad Wikipedia exists.)

Articles in which this image appears

Elmina Castle

FP category for this image

Places/Interiors

Creator

Kurt_Dundy

• Support as nominator --CircleAdrian (talk) 02:45, 27 March 2014 (UTC)