Djenné, Clay City

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Djenné (also known as or Djeneé Jenne) is a small town in the Niger River Delta, near the confluence of the Bani and Niger rivers in the plains in the heart of Mali. Its population has always hovered around 12 thousand inhabitants, and is noted for its ethnic diversity.

If we speak in locuraviajes Djenne is famous for its architecture in the bank, which used a style enormously simpler materials, like clay and adobe. This type of architecture has its greatest exponent in the Great Mosque of Djenne, monuments declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1988.

Djenné was once a great center of trade and cultural exchange and now, after many conquests and reconquests, maintains the spirit of yesteryear. Every Monday, on the esplanade that opens in front of the mosque, mounted the most exciting market in West Africa. Over long distances, approach to real pilgrims who come here to trade, but also for news and people. The market is the space where you sell the surplus of dates and nuts, where to buy salt and nuts, but especially where the world and learn to flirt.

Visit Djenne, is to visit another world, another time when the city boasted with Timbuktu, the privilege of being the main population center of Sudan, that is, everything between the Sahara and the tropical forests of Africa. Certainly, watching the sunset on the walls of the mosque with mud is an unforgettable experience. You can find more information about his mosque in Djenne and the dossier of photos from Andy Gilham and on wikipedia.

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Djenné, Clay City