It is also particularly representative of Islamic architecture in sub-Saharan Africa. The property is characterised by the intensive and remarkable use of earth specifically in its architecture. The ...
DJENNE, Mali — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the ...
Located on the slopes below the castle of Divriği, Sivas Province in central eastern Turkey, the Great Mosque and Hospital of ... walls of the interior – are the unique features of this masterpiece of ...
a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in the center of the country.