🏛️ Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba

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Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba is a cultural landscape designated in 2004 and expanded in 2023 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the border between northern Togo and Benin. The area features traditional mud tower-houses which remain the preferred style of living. The traditional mud houses are known as a national symbol of Togo. Many of the mud houses have two floors and some of them have flat roofs.

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Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba is a cultural World Heritage site in Benin, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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