Grand Mosque Jenna
The Great Mosque of Djenne is a huge structure that was built by human hands with the help of clay. It is located in the middle of the West African state of Mali, where a large number of tourists from all over the world are in a hurry to take a look at this unique clay-alluvial structure.
Scientists claim that the Djenne Mosque dates back to the 13th century, but it has changed its appearance many times, and it acquired its current appearance only in the last century. The uniqueness of the structure lies in the fact that its building material is not at all reliable banquo bricks, which include clay, manure, rice husks and hay. Such a building is particularly cheap, but also, of course, not reliable. The walls of the structure are destroyed, right before our eyes, at the very first rains passed. The Great Mosque of Djenne stands tall and pleases the eyes of passers-by only due to the fact that the local population carries out the restoration of this building with their own hands every year.
If you come to this area after the rainy season, you can see a picture of how the local population, literally, clinging to the building, as if it were an anthill, is carrying out work to restore it. With the help of ladders, they climb the walls of the temple structure to close the cracks and restore the collapsed masonry. Only after the restoration of the temple, they begin to repair their homes.
The Great Mosque consists of minarets that rise 11 meters. The towers are decorated with ostrich eggs, which symbolize purity and fertility in the area.
Until 1996, everyone could enter the center of the temple, but after a candid photo shoot of the girls for one of the magazines, the mosque's clergy forbade anyone who did not profess the Muslim faith to enter.
Anyone who wants to get a good look at the Great Mosque of Djenne has the opportunity to climb onto the roof of a neighboring house, where tourists are still allowed. Especially beautiful photos against the background of a fantastic building are obtained in the early morning.
As you know, the interior of the Djenne Mosque consists of several large halls, as well as long corridors that are divided by columns. One of the largest temple rooms is the prayer hall, which measures 50x26 meters.
In recent years, electricity has been connected to the temple building, and until that time there was semi-darkness here.
Every year, tourists' interest in the Great Mosque of Djenne increases. Today, this building is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
