Goree island, Senegal. Gorée is both the smallest and the least populated of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of Dakar

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Goree island, Senegal. Gorée is both the smallest and the least populated of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of Dakar. Gorée is known as the location of the House of Slaves (French: Maison des esclaves), built by an Afro-French Métis family about 1780–1784. The House of Slaves is one of the oldest houses on the island. It is now used as a tourist destination to show the horrors of the slave trade throughout the Atlantic world. Gorée is connected to the mainland by regular 30-minute ferry service, for pedestrians only; there are no cars on the island. Senegal’s premier tourist site, the island was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. It now serves mostly as a memorial to the slave trade.

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