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Description
Property Name: Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso
Inventory No: 226-97-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2008-02-14
Country (State party): Burkina-Faso
Province: Bobo-Diouiasso
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 11° 10′ 46.89″ N
4° 17′ 41.64″ W
Historic Period: 19th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1850-1885
Style:
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The mosque is an example of the mud-brick construction of the region. Typical of the Dyula mosques, the building does not have a courtyard. The flat roof is supported by clay piers and the structure contains numerous buttresses.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
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References
Michell, George. ed. 1978. Architecture of the Islamic World; Its History and Social Meaning. London: Thanes & Hudson.
Elleh, Nnamdi. ed. 1996. African Architecture; Evolution and Transformation. MacGraw Hill, New York.