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Château Viale is a chateau in the hills to the north of
Château Viale is a chateau in the hills to the north of Kpalimé
Kpalimé is a city in the Plateaux Region of Togo, 120 km north of Lomé and 15 km from the border with Ghana. It is the administrative capital of Kloto Prefecture. Kpalimé has a population of 75,084, making it the fourth-biggest tow ...
, in the Kloto Prefecture
Kloto is a prefecture located in the Plateaux Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Kpalimé. It is home to the Château Vial
Château Viale is a chateau in the hills to the north of Kpalimé, in the Kloto Prefecture of Togo.
It w ...
of Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
.
It was built by the French in the early 1940s and consists of a main building and a tower. The building is owned by the Togolese government and is used for cabinet meetings. In the past presidents such as Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was the first president of Ivory Coast, serving from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief, he wo ...
and have stayed at the chateau. It underwent renovation in 1979.
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