Gefährdetes Welterbe

Royal Palaces of Abomey: removed from the danger list

2007 · 7.18° N, 1.98° E

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7.18° N, 1.98° E

Royal Palaces of Abomey

UNESCO World Heritage Site in Benin

The Royal Palaces of Abomey are 10 palaces spread over an area of 47 hectares at the heart of the Abomey town in Benin, formerly the capital of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey. The Kingdom was founded in 1625 by the Fon people who developed it into a powerful military and commercial empire, which dominated trade with European slave traders on the Slave Coast until the late 19th century, to whom they sold their pr…

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