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Grand-Bassam

Grand-Bassam, Sud-Comoé, Côte d’Ivoire

Grand-Bassam is a living Atlantic and lagoon city where colonial-era urban quarters, African neighbourhoods, national memory and present-day community life share one World Heritage landscape.

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Abidjan to Grand-Bassam

A short eastbound road journey from Abidjan into Grand-Bassam’s living World Heritage landscape.

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Historic Town of Grand-Bassam

A living World Heritage city where a planned colonial capital, African commercial and residential quarters, an N’zima fishing community and the Atlantic-lagoon edge record a layered …

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National Costume Museum

A national museum in the former governor’s palace presenting clothing, objects, photographs and models connected with Côte d’Ivoire’s cultural regions.

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