Great Mosque of Djenné

الجامع الكبير في جينيه

The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali, the largest example of Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick architecture; the present building stands from the early twentieth century on the site of an older mosque 1.

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Era
The Colonial Era
Region
West Africa & Sahel
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Architecture

Overview

The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali is the grandest example of Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick architecture; the present building stands from the early twentieth century on the site of an older mosque 1.

In the sources

Academic study describes the mosque's mud walls braced by protruding palm beams and its place in the fabric of old Djenne 1.

People and things also explored

Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh

Sources

  1. Labelle Prussin, Hatumere: Islamic Design in West Africa (1986)
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