Monsol

Monsol was a capital of the Teke kingdom, whose rulers held authority over a wide region north of the Congo River. Its market drew goods and people from the interior towards the routes leading to the Atlantic coast. Around 1700, the French trader Jean Barbot described a thriving trade there in ivory, copper and captives. Agents from Loango bought these goods at Monsol, and enslaved people were made to carry merchandise on the journey to the coast.

The later city of Brazzaville lies here.