Village Souterrain d'Agongointo

Bohicon, Benin

The underground town of Agongointo-Zoungoudo is located approximately 9 km (5.6 mi) from Abomey, in central Benin. The city was discovered in 1998 by the Danish company DANIDA. It consists of a series of bunkers and other housing structures around 10m deep underground, built in an apparent effort to

provide dwelling as well as protection for warriors.

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Nearby

Bohicon attraction · 2 km away
Stade Municipal de Bohicon stadium · 3 km away
National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics university · 9 km away
cattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo cathedral · 10 km away
Royal Palaces of Abomey monumenti · 11 km away
Regno di Dahomey cinema · 11 km away