Great Mosque of Djenné

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: Djenne (Mopti, Région de, Mali)	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	creation date: original mosque on site, constructed by Koi Komboro, late 13th-early 14th century/668-729 AH, destruction date: original mosque, by Sekou Amadou, king of the Macina empire, 1830/1246 AH, creation date: reconstructed by French colonial directive, 1907/1325	en_US
dc.creator	Unknown	en_US
dc.date	late 13th-early 14th century/668-729 AH	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-01-10T19:01:21Z
dc.date.available	2013-01-10T19:01:21Z
dc.date.issued	1270-1329	en_US
dc.identifier	174055	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/89448
dc.description	exterior, northeast corner of mosque, view south, June 1981	en_US
dc.format.medium	sun-dried brick	en_US
dc.format.medium	mud-plaster	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	142707	en_US
dc.rights	(c) 1981 Mark Horton	en_US
dc.subject	Vernacular architecture	en_US
dc.subject	Mud brick	en_US
dc.subject	Religious architecture	en_US
dc.subject	World Heritage areas	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, French colonial	en_US
dc.subject	Unesco	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, Islamic--Africa, West	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, Sudanese-style	en_US
dc.title	Great Mosque of Djenné	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Djenné Great Mosque	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Great Mosque of Djenne	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.rights.access	All rights reserved	en_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode	32-26	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Malian	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Islamic	en_US
vra.technique	construction	en_US
vra.worktype	Mosque	en_US
dc.contributor.display	Malian, Islamic	en_US

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