Visit the Royal Palaces of Abomey

The royal palaces of the Dahomey kings, their bas-reliefs and the story of the Amazon warriors.

Former royal palace of Porto-Novo.

Reconstructed thatched palace of the Rwandan kings, complete with the long-horned Inyambo cattle kept for ceremony.

Hausa palace of banco walls and painted geometry in Zinder’s old quarter.

The Nguyen emperors’ walled citadel and the royal tombs along the Perfume River, Vietnam’s answer to the Forbidden City.

Moorish palace-fortress of Granada.

Peter the Great’s "Russian Versailles" with its cascade of gilded fountains.

Renaissance Radziwill palace and park.