Villa Mandessi Bell
The villa Mandessi Bell situated at Douala is a building constructed between 1904 and 1909 by David Mandessi-Bell a rich farmer and commissioner of the king Rudolf Manga Bell.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Doual’art and Palace of King Bell.
Doual’art
Museum
Photo: Roberto Paci Dalò, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Doual'art is a non-profit cultural organisation and art centre founded in 1991 in Douala, Cameroon and focused on new urban practices of African cities. Doual’art is situated 230 metres southwest of Villa Mandessi Bell.
Palace of King Bell
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Palace of King Bell situated in Douala is a building constructed in 1905 by the Germans for King Auguste Manga Ndumbe. The building is also known as La Pagode; this name comes from the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline, who remained in Douala in 1916–17, who calls it such in his famous novel Voyage au bout de la nuit. Palace of King Bell is situated 250 metres southwest of Villa Mandessi Bell.
Chamber of Commerce
Photo: Happyraph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chamber of Commerce in Douala, Cameroon, is a building constructed between 1927 and 1928 under the French mandate, under the umbrella of the League of Nations. This building is in a late Art Nouveau architectural style. Chamber of Commerce is situated 280 metres west of Villa Mandessi Bell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douala.
Douala
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Douala is the largest city and the commercial centre of Cameroon. Douala is really quite a hot and sticky place, and the grimy state of the infrastructure in parts leaves a lot to be desired.
Villa Mandessi Bell
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monument of Cameroon
- Categories: architectural structure, building, and tourism
- Location: Littoral Province, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.04512° or 4° 2′ 42″ northLongitude
9.68854° or 9° 41′ 19″ eastOpen location code
6FPF2MWQ+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 299543339OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6368784
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Villa Mandessi Bell” goes by many names.
- French: “Mandessi Bell”
- French: “villa Mandessi Bell”
- French: “Villa Mandessi Bell”
- German: “Villa Mandessi Bell”
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