Goree Island

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Goree Island

Artists House of Slaves the Fort

 

Goree Island as seen from Dakar, Senegal

 

ferry schedule

 

approaching the island

 

unloading the ferry

With its colonial brick-structures and sand-blown, bougainvillea-flushed alleyways, this island is a haven of tranquility. But there's a sad background to all this calm beauty - Île de Gorée used to be an important slave trading station, and many visitors come here for traces of this tragic past.

Text from Lonely Planet

 

fortification facing Dakar harbor

 

Goree Island

 

Colonial style residence

 

World Heritage site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the cathedral

 

its interior

 

iron spiral staircase to the balcony level

 

Senegal chapter of the Knights of Malta

 

the Museum

 

 

fishing boats

 

carrying the fresh catch


Artists House of Slaves the Fort

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