Mopti Grand Mosque

Called The Great Mosque of Mopti, even Mosque of Komoguel, was built 1933-1935 in Sudan style on the site of an earlier mosque in 1908 resulting in the Malian city of Mopti.

It is about 31 meters long and 17 meters wide and as other buildings in the city, also built from the river clay of the Niger, the Banco. The mosque is a scaled down replica of the famous Great Mosque of Djenne, which is about 130 kilometers away is located in the city of Djenné.

2004, the mosque was restored by means of the Aga Khan Foundation. An earlier restoration in 1978 parts of the building were repaired with cement. This From " improvement " adjourned neither optical nor constructively with the traditional clay material, so that cracks were caused by water penetration. Therefore, the cement were removed and replaced by Banco During the restoration in 2004. In 2005, the mosque was included in the series of National Monuments of Mali.

Itemization

14.493888888889 - 4.1966666666667Koordinaten: 14 ° 29 ' 38 "N, 4 ° 11' 48" W

  • Mosque in Mali
  • Cultural monument
  • Structure of clay
  • Built in the 1930s
  • Mopti region
  • Mosque in Mali
  • Of mosques in Africa
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