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Wa Naa's Palace

Ghana · 19th century

Founded
1889
Style
Sudano-Sahelian architecture
Location
Upper West Region
Coordinates
10.0637°, -2.5005°
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Wa Naa's Palace in Ghana
Photo: Vincent Ntiamoah Afrane · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Wa Naa's Palace is the home to the King of the Wala people who are said to be the majority in Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is located in the heart of the town and the home to the entire family, palace staff and officials of the kingdom. It is the place for cultural, political, religious and social importance for the local people. In the palace, the chief sits on either a skin of a lion or antelope where as others sit on the skin of a cow or sheep.

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In the rankings

Wa Naa's Palace ranks #6,290 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #25 of the 35 mapped in Ghana. Founded 1889, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Ghana compares in the castle statistics.

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