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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