AGONGOINTO-ZOUNGOUDO UNDERGROUND VILLAGE
Read moreThe Underground Village is an open-air museum with 56 of the 1 600 underground houses listed on the Plateau of Abomey. Dating back to 1711-1742, these underground houses would have served as a refuge and shelter. The tour circuit, a trail mapped in latérite through a beautiful vegetation, includes a reception room, a mock-up room, a reference shelter, altars and sacred temples testifying to the internal organization of the society and the religious and mystical life of the first occupants of the site, a showroom of the remains recovered during excavations, a play space for the excavations. children, the Mèdemian, the underground house consisting of a main bedroom (lounge) and three secondary rooms (bedrooms), and a butterfly garden to highlight the biodiversity of the environment…
To note that for ritual reasons it is desirable not to wear red clothing, and that be equipped with closed footwear is recommended.