Benin

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

• Royal Palaces of Abomey (1985)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Site Lacustre de Ganvié (1996)
• La ville d'Ouidah : quartiers anciens et Route de l'Esclave (1996)
• La ville de Porto-Novo : quartiers anciens et Palais Royal (#) (1996)
• La Réserve W du Niger et l'habitat vernaculaire du nord Bénin (1996)
• Village souterrain d'Agongointo-Zoungoudo (1998)

News

• Jun 29, 2007
  Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
• Jun 25, 2007
  Royal Palaces of Abomey and Kathmandu removed from Danger List
• Mar 1, 2007
  Royal Palaces of Abomey in Young African Hands

Events

• Feb 19, 2007 - Feb 23, 2007
  First Sub-regional World Heritage Education Training Workshop in Francophone West Africa

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1995 - 2001
• 2003 - 2007