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Yamoussoukro is perhaps the single most bizzare modern city on Earth. It is a large grid of paved streets and lights with almost nothing at all in between them. It would seem that Felix Houphouet-Boigny's dream that his home town would become a busy Capital city never came to fruition. Never-the-less Yam is worth a visit. The public gardens, the Fondation Felix Houphouet-Boigny and the old Presidential Palace are all impressive public expenditures from Houphouet-Boigny's rule but the most remarkable is definitely the giant replica of St. Peter's Cathedral.

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