Oshodi, Nigeria
Ilojo Bar
Ilojo Bar, also called Olaiya House or Casa da Fernandez, was a Brazilian-styled historic building located near Tinubu Square in Lagos Island, Lagos State, Nigeria. According to some sources, the building was originally built as a bar and restaurant in 1855 by the Fernandez family, who employed returning ex-slaves from Brazil and Cuba that had mastered the art of building while in the Western Hemisphere. However, in her master's thesis at Leiden University, Dutch journalist Femke van Zeijl proved that the building consists of two different halves, built much later, between 1903 and 1914.
- City
- Oshodi
- Country
- Nigeria
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
Background: Wikipedia