On the Unesco-protected Brass Casters St, sculptors reviving the 'lost-wax' sculpture technique can show you their works in progress and sell you one to take home: there are small ornaments as well as hugely impressive figurative statues. The street is governed by an ancient and secretive guild.
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The National Museum has displays of beautiful brasses. There are photographs of pieces which were stolen by the British during the sacking and destruction…
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The totally bizarre Revelation Tourist Palazzo has simulations of slave markets, rituals, ancestral shrines, and odd punitive practices. It's the creation…
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The National Museum has displays of beautiful brasses. There are photographs of pieces which were stolen by the British during the sacking and destruction…
4.24 MILES
The totally bizarre Revelation Tourist Palazzo has simulations of slave markets, rituals, ancestral shrines, and odd punitive practices. It's the creation…
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