Monuments to visit Plateau Region

It is one of the most important in the region. The big market of Kpalimé is held every day, but is particularly animated on Tuesdays and Saturdays, Saturday being the biggest market day. People come from all over the region, and even from neighboring Ghana, to sell their crops and stock up. It is famous for its fruits, but you can also find many vegetables, meat and fish. You can also find various objects and accessories, whose price you can negotiate. A colorful market where you can take your time to stroll.

The Nangbeto hydroelectric dam is about 45 minutes'drive from Atakpamé by car or motorbike. The site can take a detour if there is a walk on the other side of the dam, towards villages on the border of Benin.

Kamina is a historical site from the German era where the radio that linked Togo to Berlin in 1914 was installed. You can see the ruins as well as some German observation towers. A vast underground network linked them together and to the governor's house. It was here that the Germans surrendered to the Allies in August 1917. Today the ruins are lost in the fields. The villagers are the ones who ensure the visit. Near the grave of a German non-commissioned officer, an information plaque, unfortunately almost erased.

Remains of the colonial house of a former German officer named Jesko von Puttkammer. It was named Misa after the Hungarian princess Misa von Esterházy, with whom he was in love. The Governor's house offers a splendid view of Kpalimé and the German cemetery where the grave of Ernst Baumann, a German scientist, is located. You will find local guides on site who can tell you about the history of this building. If you wish to visit the cemetery, you will need to ask the guides for permission.

Built during the Second World War by the French lawyer Raymond François Viale, the presidential castle nestles on the Kloto mountain at an altitude of 700 meters. It offers a magnificent view of the surrounding green nature. It was refurbished from 1979 to 1982 as a presidential residence and was extended with the construction of a wing for ministerial suites. Today, the castle is almost abandoned, but the Togolese state plans in the near future to renovate it.