Still standing🛕 Temple & religious buildingModern era
Great Mosque of Djenné
The mosque embodies a living building culture in which technical knowledge and collective maintenance are essential. It forms part of the old towns of Djenné and their history as centres of trade and Islamic scholarship.
Photo: Ruud Zwart · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Facts
- Place
- Djenné, Mali
- Civilisation / patron
- Communities of Djenné under French colonial rule
- Built
- 1906 – 1907
- Status
- Still standing
- UNESCO World Heritage since
- 1988
- UNESCO World Heritage
History
The present Great Mosque of Djenné was built of earth in 1906–1907 on the site of an older medieval mosque. Its façade has massive towers and projecting wooden beams that also serve as scaffolding points. The building follows regional Sudano-Sahelian traditions and is maintained by the community with fresh layers of earth. Although the present structure is modern, it continues the much older religious function of the site.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Grote Moskee van Djenné