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Djenne, Mali Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Constructed by the community in 1906 on the remains of a pre-existing mosque, the Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest historical mud mosque in the sub-Saharan region and is considered by many to be the greatest achievement of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style.
Height (max) 16 metres (52 ft) Minaret (s) 3. Materials. Adobe. The Great Mosque of Djenné ( Arabic: الجامع الكبير في جينيه, romanized : al-Jāmiʻ al-Kabīr fī Jinih) is a large brick or adobe building in the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style. The mosque is located in the city of Djenné, Mali, on the flood plain of the ...
Jul 14, 2016 · By Casey Quackenbush. July 14, 2016 3:19 AM EDT. A n ancient town in central Mali has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list of endangered sites due to growing insecurity in the country, the ...
Yet this is the more important site historically and it is certainly not on Mali’s Tentative list as a separate entry. It’s most important period straddles AD400 – AD1300 after which the newly converted population moved the short distance to the new Islamic city of Djenne..
Djenne, Mali Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Constructed by the community in 1906 on the remains of a pre-existing mosque, the Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest historical mud mosque in the sub-Saharan region and is considered by many to be the greatest achievement of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style.
Djenne, Mali Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Constructed by the community in 1906 on the remains of a pre-existing mosque, the Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest historical mud mosque in the sub-Saharan region and is considered by many to be the greatest achievement of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style.
Djenne, Mali Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Constructed by the community in 1906 on the remains of a pre-existing mosque, the Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest historical mud mosque in the sub-Saharan region and is considered by many to be the greatest achievement of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style.
