Elmina Dutch Cemetery
Elmina, Central, Ghana
Repair works to the graves, walls and entrance gate of the cemetery - Landscaping of the surroundings
Before a heritage site ignored for decades The Dutch Cemetery dates back to 1806. Originally constructed to be the final resting place for Dutch settlers and their descendants it became the place for burying important people in Elmina. Two centuries later the cemetery as well as its immediate environment was in a serious state of decline.
After becomes a ‘living' cemetery. As part of the Elmina Heritage Project the Cemetery was newly landscaped, the walls and graves were stabilised and freshly painted, plaques with information on the buried were placed and a new gate was installed. Also the surrounding area was upgraded: the landscape was beautified and a staircase going uphill constructed to consolidate erosion and facilitating easy access to the Catholic Museum.
Repair works to the graves, walls and entrance gate of the cemetery - Landscaping of the surroundings
Before a heritage site ignored for decades The Dutch Cemetery dates back to 1806. Originally constructed to be the final resting place for Dutch settlers and their descendants it became the place for burying important people in Elmina. Two centuries later the cemetery as well as its immediate environment was in a serious state of decline.
After becomes a ‘living' cemetery. As part of the Elmina Heritage Project the Cemetery was newly landscaped, the walls and graves were stabilised and freshly painted, plaques with information on the buried were placed and a new gate was installed. Also the surrounding area was upgraded: the landscape was beautified and a staircase going uphill constructed to consolidate erosion and facilitating easy access to the Catholic Museum.
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- Total memorials232
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS0%
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- Total memorials3
- Percent photographed67%
- Added: 4 Feb 2018
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2659778
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