The King’s Palace in Savalou is at the top of an overpass on the South end of one slope along the chain of hills that run predominantly North-South along the paved road from Djougou to Dassa-Zoume. The entrance is next to a road heading West in to the countryside. The gate and the wall flaunt brightly painted animals and objects, symbolic on multiple levels in the Mahi, and greater Fon culture. Some of the symbols represent an individual king whose reign has been consolidated into one or several symbols, or representative of an event or characteristic associated with a certain king’s. An elevated porch in front of a large, open pave (cement cobble-stone) courtyard overlooks the walls and beyond the main entrance to the road and offers sufficient space for a large ceremony. The women sit in front of one of the vodun shrines on the palace grounds.