Bamako Grand Mosque (French: Grande Mosquée de Bamako) is a mosque in the city centre of Bamako, Mali. Built on the site of a pre-colonial mud-brick mosque, the current mosque was built through funding from the Saudi Arabian government at the end of the 1970s. One of the tallest structures in Bamako, it is situated north of the Niger River near the central market (Grand Marche) and the colonial-era Bamako Cathedral. With its tall cement minarets built around a square central structure, the building is stylistically closer to Saudi religious structures than West African.[1] The mosque is visible from much of the city and is occasionally opened to tourists.
| Grand Mosque of Bamako | |
|---|---|
Grande Mosquée de Bamako | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Branch/tradition | Sunni Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Bamako, Mali |
  Shown within Mali | |
| Geographic coordinates | 12°38′49″N 7°59′35″W / 12.64694°N 7.99306°W |
| Architecture | |
| Type | mosque |
| Completed | 1970s |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Velton (2000) p.124
Further reading
edit- Ross Velton. Mali: The Bradt Travel Guide. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press (2000).
- Bamako - Mali's colourful and chaotic capital, June 19, 2004. igougo.com.
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