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Great Mosque of Djenne

Djenne, Mali
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Great Mosque of Djenne
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The Travel Hacking Life (01/29/2021)
This is the Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali. It is the largest mud-brick (adobe) building in the world. Djenné is a small mud-brick town built on a floodplain between the Niger and Bani rivers. During the rainy season, the two rivers overflow, turning the town into an island accessible by ramps. Djenné is one of the most beautiful cities in West Africa. The maze of narrow, winding streets framed by the perimeter of the ancient cities is full of charm.
Andrey Novoselov (01/19/2021)
A sacred mud-brick building that towers over an ancient trading city in West Africa. The first mud-brick Great Mosque at the Malian town of Djenné was built around 700 years ago. The current building was constructed in 1906–1907, when Mali was ruled by a French colonial administration. A local master-builder, Ismaila Traoré, was responsible for the work, employing long-established mud-building techniques. A changing structure. The bricks of the mosque were made by mixing mud and sand with husks and straw, then drying them in sunshine. The flat earthen roof is supported by pillars rising from the sand floor. The walls are protected against the elements by a layer of plaster, composed of river silt mixed with other materials that may include dry rice husks and cow manure. The plaster has to be reapplied almost every year, an activity that has become a ceremony in which the whole community joins. The constant repairs to the structure mean that the detail of its appearance is ever changing.
Ro Halfhide (03/16/2021)
Had a chance to go inside by bribing the security. Magical place!
M. James Watkins (09/21/2020)
I have never visited The Great Mosque of Djenne in person, yet I have watched many television documentaries. It is by far the largest building in the entire world made of mud. What happens when it rains you may be asking- Seeing it is in the middle of our planets largest desert, this problem does not come up to often and when it does, the entire community comes together to gather, mix and apply fresh mud to shore up the damage the rain brings to the mosques massive walls. Don’t go buying a ticket and picking your seat by the emergency exit just yet, westerners are not allowed inside due to a film company violating the great building by filming an illegal type of film years ago.
Jamal Sidhu (01/28/2021)
Designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988, the present Djenne Mosque in Mali (completed in 1907 under forced labor) replaced a previous mosque dating from around the 13th century. This adobe construction with its characteristic three minarets stands 16 metres high and is the largest mud-built building in the world. French journalist Felix Dubois, who had viewed the ruins of the old mosque before revisiting the site in around 1894, stated that it most resembled “a cross between a hedgehog and a church organ”. Despite this somewhat unflattering review, the mosque has become one of Africa`s most famous landmarks, with thousands of visitors annually. The nearest international airport is the Bobo Dioulasso airport (460 km), with some options for closer local airports (ie. Mopti airport at 114 km).
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