Place de la Bulgarie is a small but odd Cotonou landmark: a traffic circle marked by a larger-than-life statue of Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria's first communist leader. It is a quick stop rather than a major sight, but it gives a visible reminder of Benin's Marxist-Leninist years and the international symbols that came with them.
Place de la Bulgarie
Cold War-era traffic-circle monument to Bulgarian communist leader Georgi Dimitrov