At first glance, this city, whose influence has spread to all of southern Benin, makes little impression. One imagines to discover all the splendor of a royal city, and one sees only some austere palaces. In fact, the city reveals itself slowly. In order to take a look at its history, one must try to understand the role that the rulers of Abomey still play today.Abomey occupies a vast space of which several centers (the successive royal palaces) and their small agglomerations have formed, over the years, a large urban cluster. Each ruler erected a palace and there were 12 in total. Coming from Bohicon, one arrives in Abomey by the Place de Goho, where stands the statue of King Behanzin (as he is spelled today), the last sovereign of Danxomè to have assumed full power and a legendary figure in the struggle against French colonization.

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