Victoriaborg (Accra)

Victoria Borg is a historic district of the Ghanaian capital city of Accra, which was created in the late 19th century as Europeans exclusively reserved part of the city and extending east of the then city limits of Accra. It was built behind cliffs, where supposedly a steady breeze should blow .. With its luxurious villas, his horses run, a golf course, polo and cricket fields and tennis courts Victoria Borg was "a piece of England that was set in the urban landscape of Accra. ". Today, the district extends approximately between Kojo Thompson Road, the Kinbu Road / Sir Charles Quist Street to the north and the Gulf Accra Metropolitan Assembly in the south.

With the expansion of the city, the district of Victoria Borg was included in the urban environment. After the independence of Ghana in 1957, the European business district was " enteuropäisiert. In a symbolic sense, the area was " in Victoria Borg nationalized " by the established headquarters here of the Bank of Ghana, by ministries, Independence Square and the newly established headquarters of national societies.

Today the architecture ranges in Victoria Borg of elegant Georgian colonial buildings to modern skyscrapers glistening, reflecting the change in the fine neighborhood of the suburb into a modern Geschäftssdistrikt.

Landmarks / Points of outstanding buildings

• Supreme Court of Ghana
• Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
• Holy Trinity Cathedral
• Makola Shopping Mall
• National Hockey Pitch
• Independence Arch
• Ohene Djan Stadium
• Bank of Ghana national headquarters
• State House

Swell

• Accra