Royal Palace, Porto-Novo

The Royal Palace, also known as King Toffa's Palace and more recently Musée Honmé, is a former royal residence and today museum in Porto-Novo, Benin.

It contains an example of an Alounloun and most displays are related to the King Toffa period.[1]

World Heritage Site

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Royal Palace, Porto-Novo
 
Musée Honmè-Eté 1999
LocationPorto-Novo, Benin
Built forKing Toffa

The palace and the surrounding district was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on 31 October 1996, in the Cultural category.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Kraus, Erika; Reid, Felicie (26 January 2010). Benin (Other Places Travel Guide). Other Places Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-9822619-1-0. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  2. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "La ville de Porto-Novo : quartiers anciens et Palais Royal (#) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-02-09.

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