The postcard depicts a gate blocking a dirt road. To the left, a low stone building can be seen. A few trees are visible in the background, and a portion of another building. Two men stand in the foreground. The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Monastere Cistercien L'Etoile Notre-Dame - Parakou (Dahomey [Benin]) 1. Le Portail de cloture (de l'interieur).
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