Vidas

 Djenne, Mali

Um grupo de homens envoltos em mantos coloridos e turbantes que protegem ou escondem as suas cabeças, sorridentes e faladores descem a escadaria da grande mesquita após o ritual religioso.
A grande mesquita de Djenné, no Mali, é considerado o maior edifício construído em adobe, um edifício que se regenera ano após ano, camada após camada.

"Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was one of the centres for the propagation of Islam. Its traditional houses, of which nearly 2,000 have survived, are built on hillocks (toguere) as protection from the seasonal floods. [...]

The ancient fabric of Djenné is an outstanding example of an architectural group of buildings illustrating a significant historic period. Influenced by Moroccan architecture (1591), and later marked by the Toucouleur Empire in 1862, the architecture of Djenné is characterized by its verticality, its buttresses punctuating the facades of the two-storey houses whose entrances are always given special attention. The reconstruction of the Mosque (1906-1907) resulted in the creation of a monument representing local religious architecture."*

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Fonte:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tleef/467130192/in/album-72157600100484336/
*https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/116