Royal Palace, Porto-Novo

The Royal Palace, also known as King Toffa's Palace and more recently Musée Honmé, is a former royal residence and today museum in , . It contains an example of an Alounloun and most displays are related to the King Toffa period.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Benin
  • Also known as: “King Toffa’s Palace” and “Royal Palace Museum”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Mosque of Porto-Novo and Musée Da-Silva.

Mosque
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The is a in , , . is situated 420 metres northeast of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 560 metres west of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.

Stadium
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is a multi-use in , Benin named after Charles de Gaulle. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is used as the home stadium of AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé, Aiglons FC. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Djrègbè and Aglogbé.

Town
Djèrègbé is an arrondissement in the department of . It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of . According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 10,527. is situated 4½ km south of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.

Town
is an arrondissement in the department of . It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of . According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 6,759. is situated 5 km east of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.

Town
is an arrondissement in the department of . It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of . According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 17,652. is situated 6 km southeast of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.

Royal Palace, Porto-Novo

Latitude
6.46933° or 6° 28′ 10″ north
Longitude
2.62516° or 2° 37′ 31″ east
Open location code
6FR4FJ9G+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4431338552
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q2784858
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Royal Palace, Porto-Novo” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Museu Honmé”
  • Catalan: “Palau del Rei Toffa”
  • Catalan: “Palau Reial”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی شاھانە”
  • Finnish: “Porto-Novon kuninkaallinen palatsi”
  • Fon: “Tanxwé Hɔnmɛ”
  • French: “musée Honmè”
  • French: “Musée Honmè”
  • Igbo: “Obí eze Toffa”
  • Igbo: “Royal Palace Museum”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Honmè”
  • Polish: “Pałac Królewski w Porto-Novo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Musée Honmè”
  • Spanish: “Museo del Palacio Real”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Temple des Zangbétô and Marché central de Porto-Novo.

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