Tiébélé () is a department or commune of Nahouri Province in southeastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Tiébélé;Burkinabé government inforoute communale the chief, the royal court and the nobility of the Kassena people, who first settled the region in the 15th century, reside there. Located at the foot of a hill in a lowland landscape, the Royal Court of Tiébélé forms an irregular circular space of approximately 1.2 hectares. Several characteristic elements can be distinguished: a sacred hill, an altar of the ancestor and the red fig tree. The courtyard is characterized by a rich traditional architecture of a defensive character. It is surrounded by high perimeter walls connected by residential walls.
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