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Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Located in the fort. Showcases the archaeology, history and arts of Ouidah.
The Ouidah Museum of History is a history museum in Ouidah, Benin. It occupies the Portuguese Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá, built in 1721.
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Fort of St. John the Baptist of Ouidah
The fort was built by the Portuguese when tapping into the Atlantic slave trade. When slavery was legally abolished, the fort was abandoned until 1865 when it was reoccupied by the Portuguese. In 1961, the then Republic of Dahomey, one year after its independence from French rule, annexed the fort for good. The fort now serves as the Ouidah Museum of History.
Le Musée de la Fondation Zinsou
Maison du Brésil
A restored slave traders mansion, now a memorial.
Memorial to the Slave trade