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Ouidah Heritage Tour
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Ouidah Heritage Tour

The Door of No Return lit up at night on Ouidah beach

Places

Door of No Return

On the beach, facing the Atlantic, the monument marking the place of forced embarkation.

  • Stop 6 on the Slave Route
  • Memory

At the end of the road, on the beach, the Door of No Return marks the place associated with the forced embarkation of captives onto slave ships.

The monument was inaugurated on 30 November 1995, during the International Year for Tolerance, by President Nicéphore Soglo, UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor.

It lies just over 3 km on foot from Place Chacha. Many people stay a long while, facing the sea.

In pictures

  • The Door of No Return by day, with its frieze of captives in chains
  • Weathered plaque reading “Benin UNESCO, the Door of No Return”
  • The Door of No Return esplanade facing the Atlantic Ocean