Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal (part 1)

Goreé Island, with its tragic history and memories that justify it being a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978, is probably the country's favorite and most famous tourist attraction.

One of the most frequently visited sites is the Maison des Esclaves (Slave House), a poignant reminder of Goreé's role as the center of West African slave trade.

Built by the Dutch in 1776, the slave house has been preserved in its original state. Other points of interest include the Church, the picturesque ruins of Fort Nassau, Saint Michel (the Castle) and the Historical Museum in the old Fort Estrees. All the latter being historically noteworthy but aesthetically irrelevant, no picture of them is presented in this post.
For your information, the small swimming beach near the ferry slip has unfortunately been chosen by cats and dogs as sand pit, just in case you were thinking about laying on the beach rather than visiting the village...

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Vintage urban design

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Closing time

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The door of no return, Slave House. This was the last African soil slaves were walking before boarding and sailing to America

Jam session on the abandoned Governor's palace terrazza

Heading to the Door of no return, in the Slave House

The abandoned Governor's palace

View to the Mémorial Gorée-Almadies (for the time being a "small"-scale model) on the cape from the military battery

The remainings of the enormous military battery

Napoléon, our guide, in front of Église Saint-Charles-Borromée (out of frame, on the right)

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On the way to the castle, the longest Baobab-sided alley in the world