Saturday, September 14, 2013

The royal palaces of Abomey, Benin


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The royal palaces of Abomey are a group of earthen structures built by the Fon people between the mid-17th and late 19th centuries. The site of the royal palaces is located in southern Benin, near the town of Abomey, formerly the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey.

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Bernardin Gantin (1922 – 2008) was a prominent Beninese cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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