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 , , ; ; ; also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Benin, second-largest city of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people. In 1863, following Bri ...

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

. 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 (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

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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