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 Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people. Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Gu ...

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

. It contains an example of an

Alounloun The ''alounloun'' is a Beninese musical instrument, used to play a type of music called ''adjogan''. It is a stick with metallic rings attached, which jingle in time with the beating of the stick. The ''alounloun'' is said to descend from the staf ...

and most displays are related to the King Toffa period.

World Heritage Site

The palace and the surrounding district was added to the

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

World Heritage A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...

Tentative List on October 31, 1996, in the Cultural category.

Gallery

File:Honmé2.jpg, Inside the museum File:Honmé1.jpg, Inside the museum File:Musée Honmè-Eté 1999 (3).jpg, Musée Honmè-Eté, 1999 File:Musée Honmè-Eté 1999 (2).jpg, Musée Honmè-Eté, 1999

References

Museums in Benin Buildings and structures in Porto-Novo {{Africa-museum-stub