Djenné
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Djenné is a town and urban commune in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali. The town is the administrative centre of the Djenné Cercle, one of the eight subdivisions of the Mopti Region. The
Street market and Great Mosque of Djenné
Passenger vehicles on the Bani River ferry near Djenné.
Houses in Djenné with Toucouleur-style façades from a postcard by Edmond Fortier published in 1906.
A street scene in Djenné from Timbuctoo: the Mysterious by Félix Dubois published in 1896.
Great Mosque of Djenné
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The Great Mosque of Djenné in the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style is the largest adobe brick building in the world. The mosque is located in the city of Djenné, Mali, on the flood plain of the Ban
Djenné
…the importance of the trans-Saharan trade and thus of Djenné declined. The town is famous for its distinctive adobe architecture, most notably the Great Mosque which was built in 1907 on the site of an earlier mosque. To the south of the town is Djenné-Djenno, the site of one of the oldest known towns in…
Djenne great mud mosque
Photo taken by Albert Rousseau in 1893–94
Photo taken by H. Danel in or before 1904
Photo taken by Edmond Fortier in 1906