HERITAGE HOUSE
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This beautifully renovated 1894 building in Grand-Bassam provides guides for those wishing to visit the France district.
To take a guided tour of the France district, go to the Maison du patrimoine culturel, the establishment best able to provide guides. Formerly the Hôtel des Postes et Douanes, this lovely renovated building dates from 1894. The two prefabricated pavilions of which it is composed, of the same type as those of the customs of Sassandra, San Pedro and Tabou, were imported in kit form at the end of the 19th century and assembled on site by Ivorian workers, as was the case for the Governor's Palace. The middle column and the louvered gallery floors were added around 1900. The colonial buildings were designed in such a way that the ground floor was reserved for offices and warehouses, while the upper floor housed the officials. Later, the two pavilions were joined by a masonry construction to form the building as it stands today. At the foot of the stairs of its main façade, one can still observe a vestige of the Decauville railroad tracks that once linked it to the maritime wharfs (present-day Le Wharf Hotel). The first was washed away in 1923, and the second destroyed by the 1965 tidal wave. In the 1980s, both buildings were in ruins. They were restored between 1993 and 2002. The walls of the Heritage House house a permanent exhibition of photos tracing the history of the city, and works by artists Michel Kodjo and Samir Stenka.
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