Palace & château
Château Vial
🇹🇬 Togo · 20th century
Château Viale is a chateau in the hills to the north of Kpalimé, in the Kloto Prefecture of Togo.
It was built by a German in the early 1940s and consists of a main building and a tower. The building is owned by the Togolese government and is used for cabinet meetings. It had already been used for meetings during the reign of Gnassingbé Eyadéma. Much to the displeasure of the surrounding population of Kouma-Konda, over whom a curfew was imposed when Eyédama received state guests. In the past presidents such as François Mitterrand, Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Abdou Diouf have stayed at the chateau, as well as the German CDU Chairman Franz Josef Strauss. It underwent renovation in 1979.
Text adapted from “Château Viale” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château Vial ranks #6,640 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking. See how Togo compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Château Vial?
Château Vial stands in Togo, at 6.95173°, 0.58214°.
When was Château Vial built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1940. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Château Vial?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,640 of 8,764 worldwide. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Château Vial?
Fort Prinzenstein, about 124 km away.
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