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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  • Museum
  • Description: museum in Benin
  • Also known as
    “King Toffa’s Palace”
    “Royal Palace Museum”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Mosque of Porto-Novo and Musée Da-Silva.
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The is a in , , . is situated 420 metres northeast of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.
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is a museum, which is situated 560 metres west of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.
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is a multi-use in , Benin named after Charles de Gaulle. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Djrègbè and Aglogbé.
Djèrègbé is an arrondissement in the department of . is situated 4½ km south of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.
is an arrondissement in the department of . is situated 5 km east of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.
is an arrondissement in the department of . is situated 6 km southeast of Royal Palace, Porto-Novo.

Royal Palace, Porto-Novo

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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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