2024

DIRECTION RÉGIONALE DU TOURISME

Tourist office

The place is certainly the one to visit first upon arrival in the city. The staff knows all the sites of interest.

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2024

ZOUKPANA "POTS"

Natural site to discover

It is impossible to find this place, located behind the apostolic church in the Zoukpana district, if you are not accompanied by a guide. Once, when a harmful event threatened Berbérati, the elders gathered on this hill side - offering a breathtaking view of the city - for ceremonies and ritual sacrifices. Today, the place is left out and invaded by the tall grasses. However, it was maintained a few years ago because of its great archaeological interest: " pots ", cavities dug out of the hard and red rock, are the whole plateau. Ruissellement are connecting them to each other. They dates from the iron age, a period where the ancestors here dnsels concentrated latérite, heated up to liquefaction to draw an ferrous metal that serves either the bride's bride or the dot of their weapons. According to legend, when water no longer discharges a pot into a pot to fill them, the peace of the city and the country'does not go well '. Another legend claims that mythical warriors always take care of this site, and that in case of threat they will chase foreigners.

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2024

ANCIENT BERBERATI CATHEDRAL

Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels

Consecrated in the 1930 s by Mgr Lefebvre, then superior of the Spiritains, who had to do so much to speak about him, the ancient cathedral, located in the diocese district, is certainly one of the jewels of missionary architecture in the Central African Republic. Although we can no longer enter it because of the dilapidated roof of the roof, this huge church is probably the most beautiful of the country. Unfortunately, you can no longer admire the beautiful frescoes it contains. Nevertheless, you can still enjoy the majestic and refined spectacle of the hanger arches which cut a sober facade whose ochre fades itself under the wear of time.

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