The Palais des Gouverneurs is a long, white, single-storey colonial building set in a walled compound facing the sea on Boulevard du Mono. It was built between 1898 and 1905 as the residence of the German colonial governor of Togoland, and later served as the seat of the French High Commissioner and then of the Presidency until 1979. Since 1991 it has been the official residence and office of the Togolese Prime Minister.
You cannot go inside, but the facade — Wilhelmine classicism filtered through tropical building practice, with broad verandas and shutters — is easy to see from the seafront. The building is one of the best-preserved examples of German colonial architecture anywhere on the West African coast, and it makes a useful stop on a walk along the boulevard between the Independence Monument and the port.