
In Porto Novo, Benin, there remains a village which gathered records from all eras. This village is said to be born from a fight between three hunters and a nine-headed monster, according to legend. During the slave trade, a part of its residents was sent in Brazil. When slavery was abolished, they came home, bringing in their luggage an architectural method that they applied in Porto Novo. The houses are gathered around an animistic temple, every building as a function and the decorations display rare esthetics.