From 1625 to 1900, 12 kings succeeded one another at the head of the powerful Kingdom of Abomey. With the exception of King Akaba, who had his own separate enclosure, they all had their palaces built ...

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The display cases at the royal palaces in Benin's sleepy southern town of Abomey are coated in dust and the exhibition halls plunged in darkness. The palace dates to the Kingdom of Dahomey which ...

Joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS mission in May 2004. Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2005 Following the conclusions of the World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS evaluation ...