Djenne #3

The Great Mosque is built on a raised plinth platform of rectangular sun-dried mud bricks that are held together by mud mortar and plastered over with mud. The walls vary in thickness between sixteen and twenty-four inches.

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plousia says:

You are lucky getting to travel the world so much. This is a neat structure.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

yewenyi says:

Great shot and I love the detail.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Incognita Nom de Plume says:

Please consider putting these fabulous mosque pictures in the Dust group . Dust is a group that collects pictures of -- yes, you guessed it -- dust and dusty things to showcase also on my blog Museum of Dust
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

hjfklein says:

very nice....I saw this mosque last year during our trip through
Mali and the pays des Dogons
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

thingsinjars says:

Please add this photo to the Seen on Google Sightseeing group.

It was featured in:
http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/03/18/the-g reat-mosque-of-djenne/
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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