{"id":2975,"date":"2024-10-02T08:20:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T08:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craterre.org\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=2975"},"modified":"2024-10-02T08:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T08:20:14","slug":"conservation-des-palais-royaux-dabomey","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/craterre.org\/en\/case\/conservation-des-palais-royaux-dabomey\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation of the Royal Palaces of Abomey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\">\n<div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3267 lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" title=\"Abomey WEB (25)\" src=\"https:\/\/craterre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Abomey-WEB-25.jpg\" sizes=\"355px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craterre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Abomey-WEB-25-200x131.jpg 200w, https:\/\/craterre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Abomey-WEB-25.jpg 355w\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"233\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/craterre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Abomey-WEB-25.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/craterre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Abomey-WEB-25-200x131.jpg 200w, https:\/\/craterre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Abomey-WEB-25.jpg 355w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\">\n<p>Les Palais Royaux d\u2019Abomey sont le t\u00e9moin mat\u00e9riel essentiel du Royaume du Danxom\u00e9 qui se d\u00e9veloppa dans la r\u00e9gion \u00e0 partir du milieu du 17\u00e9me si\u00e8cle selon le pr\u00e9cepte \u00e9nonc\u00e9 par son fondateur, Hwegbaja, \u00ab que le royaume soit toujours plus grand \u00bb. Douze rois s\u2019y succ\u00e9d\u00e8rent jusqu\u2019en l\u2019an 1900. Aujourd\u2019hui, le site reste toujours vivant, th\u00e9\u00e2tre de c\u00e9r\u00e9monies comm\u00e9morant le pouvoir royal. Les bas-reliefs ornant les fa\u00e7ades de certains b\u00e2timents illustrent de mani\u00e8re \u00e9loquente les faits et gestes de ces rois.<\/p>\n<p>Les palais se trouvent c\u00f4te \u00e0 c\u00f4te, \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur d\u2019un foss\u00e9 d\u2019enceinte et sont organis\u00e9s sous forme d\u2019une succession de cours hi\u00e9rarchis\u00e9es, auxquelles on acc\u00e8de par des portails ponctuant les murs d\u2019enceinte. La multiplicit\u00e9 des palais royaux, auxquels s\u2019ajoutent les palais dits \u00ab priv\u00e9s \u00bb, situ\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur de l\u2019enceinte principale, ainsi que la probable existence de r\u00e9sidences leurres, \u00e9taient autant de moyens de prot\u00e9ger le roi et ses sujets de possibles attaques des royaumes voisins, voire de rivalit\u00e9s internes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\">\n<div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\">\n<div id=\"project_view_description\">\n<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"34\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">Probl\u00e9matique<\/h2>\n<p>The difficulties of conserving the site are linked to several factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>La grandeur du site, qui s\u2019\u00e9tend sur pr\u00e8s de 47 Ha ;<\/li>\n<li>The relative fragility of certain materials in the face of sometimes violent weather;<\/li>\n<li>La n\u00e9gligence, feux de brousse, manque d\u2019entretien, animaux, insectes,\u2026 qui acc\u00e9l\u00e8re les processus de d\u00e9gradation ;<\/li>\n<li>L\u2019adoption de nouveaux mat\u00e9riaux et de nouvelles techniques de construction ou la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 de nouveaux mod\u00e8les architecturaux, entra\u00eenant la perte des savoir faire traditionnels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"34\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\"><strong>Strategy adopted<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>CRAterre fut mis \u00e0 contribution \u00e0 plusieurs reprises depuis 1996 pour renforcer les capacit\u00e9s de l\u2019\u00e9quipe responsable de la conservation du site et au-del\u00e0, de la Direction du Patrimoine Culturel ;<br \/>Les premi\u00e8res activit\u00e9s ont pris la forme de chantiers formation, qui ont permis d\u2019affiner les techniques de conservation et pr\u00e9vention avec les cadres techniques, et de former une vingtaine d\u2019artisans. En parall\u00e8le, un important travail de documentation a permis de compiler un gros volume d\u2019archives historiques sur Abomey, mais aussi de dessiner les plans complets des 3 palais de Gh\u00e9zo, Gl\u00e9l\u00e9 et Agonglo.<br \/>Ces premi\u00e8res actions ont permis de mieux comprendre les m\u00e9canismes de d\u00e9t\u00e9rioration et les opportunit\u00e9s d\u2019am\u00e9liorer de la gestion du site. En 1998, le premier plan de gestion \u00e9tait publi\u00e9.<br \/>CRAterre was then involved in a number of conservation and enhancement activities, including the publication of two promotional booklets designed to raise awareness of Abomean heritage and increase the volume of revenue dedicated to conservation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"34\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">Results<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Site documentation (architectural surveys of the Gh\u00e9zo, Gl\u00e9l\u00e9 and Agonglo palaces)<\/li>\n<li>Compilation d\u2019archives sur les Palais Royaux \u00e0 l\u2019issu d\u2019une recherche bibliographique ;<\/li>\n<li>Etablissement d\u2019un plan d\u2019entretien d\u00e9taill\u00e9 du site et \u00e9valuation de son implication budg\u00e9taire annuelle qui, \u00e0 terme, a permit une am\u00e9lioration tr\u00e8s sensible de la propret\u00e9 et de la conservation du site ;<\/li>\n<li>Etablissement d\u2019un plan de gestion qui a servit de guide pour la conservation du site pendant pr\u00e8s de 8 ann\u00e9es, et qui est actuellement en cours de r\u00e9vision ;<\/li>\n<li>Training of the Museum's technical staff;<\/li>\n<li>Formation d\u2019une vingtaine d\u2019artisans ;<\/li>\n<li>Pr\u00e9paration d\u2019un manuel de conservation ;<\/li>\n<li>Pr\u00e9paration d\u2019un programme de conservation pr\u00e9ventive ;<\/li>\n<li>Publication de 2 livrets promotionnels, l\u2019un sur les Palais du roi Gb\u00e8hanzin, et un sur Abomey ;<\/li>\n<li>Pr\u00e9paration avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe de la DPC d\u2019un Plan de Gestion pour le site ;<\/li>\n<li>Contributions to the conservation of numerous endangered elements, including the Honnuwa of the kings Agaja, T\u00e9gb\u00e9su, Kpengla and Aglongo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/fr\/list\/323\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Go to the Abomey page on the UNESCO website<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"34\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">Partners<\/h2>\n<p>Direction du Patrimoine Culturel du B\u00e9nin, Minist\u00e8re de la Culture, de l\u2019Alphab\u00e9tisation et de la promotion des langues nationales du B\u00e9nin, Familles royales, ICCROM, UNESCO \u2013 Centre du Patrimoine Mondial, Mairie d\u2019Abomey, Mairie d\u2019Albi, Office du tourisme d\u2019Abomey, Gouvernement du Japon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les Palais Royaux d\u2019Abomey sont le t\u00e9moin mat\u00e9riel essentiel du [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"portfolio_category":[28],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[29],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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