The African Renaissance Monument looms above the Ouakam district at the western edge of the city: a 49-metre bronze of a man, woman and child striding into the future, set on a volcanic twin-peaked hill called Collines des Mamelles. The sheer scale — it is taller than the Statue of Liberty — makes it visible from kilometres away, especially as planes line up for the airport.
The interior houses a small museum on African civilisations and a viewing platform inside the man's head reachable by lift. You can also walk up the long ceremonial staircase from the road below; the view across the peninsula at the top is genuinely spectacular. The monument is politically controversial — Senegal has spent heavily on it while many basic services lag — but as a piece of public spectacle it is undeniable.