Asante Traditional Buildings, UNESCO, Amansie Central, Ghana
The Asante Traditional Buildings are the only surviving examples of traditional Ashanti architecture.
Their design and construction, consisting of a timber framework filled up with clay and thatched with sheaves of leaves, is rare nowadays. All designated sites are shrines, but there have been many other buildings in the past in the same architectural style. They have been best preserved in the villages, away from modern construction and warfare.
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