The property is characterised by the intensive and remarkable use of earth specifically in its architecture. The outstanding mosque of great monumental and religious value is an outstanding example of ...
a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in the center of the country.
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 ...
Nearly all of the buildings in the town, including the Great Mosque, are made from sun-baked earthen bricks, which are coated with mud plaster from the river. The adobe bricks are made on the ...