National Library of Benin, Porto-Novo

#6 among attractions in Porto-Novo

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The National Library of Benin is the legal deposit library for Benin. Originally chartered in November 1975 and located in Ouidah, the library moved to a purpose built unit in the Ouando neighbourhood of Porto-Novo during the 1980s. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 6°30'43"N, 2°36'22"E

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National Library of Benin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Royal Palace, Great Mosque of Porto-Novo, Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum, Protestant Methodist Church in Benin.

3.2 miSE
Museum in a 19th-century ruler's palace
Royal Palace, Porto-Novo
82 min walk • The Royal Palace, also known as King Toffa's Palace and more recently Musée Honmé, is a former royal residence and today museum in Porto-Novo, Benin. It contains an example of an Alounloun and most displays are related to the King Toffa period.
3.2 miSE
Mosque, Colonial architecture
Great Mosque of Porto-Novo, Porto-Novo
82 min walk • The Great Mosque of Porto-Novo is a mosque in Porto-Novo, Ouémé Department, Benin.
2.8 miS
Museum
Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum, Porto-Novo
71 min walk • The Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum is a museum in Porto-Novo, Benin. It was established in 1957 by the Dahomey Institute. It is operated by Alexandre Sènou Adandé, a noted ethnologist, who was chief archivist and librarian at the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire of Dakar from 1948 to 1960.
3.1 miS
Church
Protestant Methodist Church in Benin, Porto-Novo
81 min walk • The Protestant Methodist Church in Benin was founded by Methodist missionary and colonial official in West Africa, Thomas Birch Freeman in 1843. He was sent by the Methodist Missionary Society in London. Freeman was the son of a freed slave. The Methodist Church in Benin is organised into 15 synods, and covers the whole country.
6 miSE
Neighbourhood
Aglogbé, Porto-Novo
153 min walk • Aglogbé is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Adjarra.
6 miSE
Neighbourhood
Malanhoui, Porto-Novo
153 min walk • Malanhoui is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Adjarra.
6 miSE
Neighbourhood
Honvié, Porto-Novo
153 min walk • Honvié is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Adjarra.
2.7 miW
Neighbourhood
Vakon, Porto-Novo
70 min walk • Vakon is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Akpro-Missérété.
2.4 miNE
Neighbourhood
Atchoukpa, Porto-Novo
61 min walk • Atchoukpa is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Avrankou.
2.8 miN
Neighbourhood
Zoungbomè, Porto-Novo
73 min walk • Zoungbomè is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Akpro-Missérété.
6 miSE
Neighbourhood
Médédjonou, Porto-Novo
153 min walk • Médédjonou is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Adjarra.