Great Mosque
The world's largest mud structure as well as an architectural masterpiece that deserves to be visited by travelers to Mali. Built in the city of Djenne, the alluvial plain of the Bani River, a tributary of the Niger, a place formerly occupied by a building at the behest of Koi Kunboro in 1240, the mosque hosted one of the most important Islamic centers of learning throughout the African Middle Ages. Given the material frgilità maintenance is required, maintenance of particular partcipazione which provides for the collective of the inhabitants of the community of Djenné: in fact the work is conducted using traditional techniques and the sound of music and today is a goal that deserves to be visited by who loves the culture. Do not miss the weekly market takes place locally existing ch that makes the scenery even more picturesque. |