Great Mosque of Dosso
The Dosso Great Mosque is the central Friday mosque in the city of Dosso in Niger .
The mosque is located in the city center opposite the Palace of the Zarmakoye . Your facade is kept in white and green tones. The single minaret , which tapers towards the top, has a rectangular base and is crowned by a green hilal . It is one of the few examples of mosque architecture modeled on the iconic single minaret of the Great Mosque of Agadez . The tomb of Alboury Ndiaye , the last ruler of the Jolof Empire, is located in the Dosso Grand Mosque .
The original mosque was a thatched hut. This was replaced by an earth building in 1917 on behalf of the Zarmakoye, the traditional ruler of Dosso. The construction work was carried out by Hausa builders from Sokoto . This mosque was one of the most architecturally significant traditional mosques in Niger. It was canceled in 1978. Today's mosque was built in its place in 1979. Major renovations costing around 250 million CFA francs were completed in 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Dorothee Gruner: The clay mosque on the Niger. Documentation of a traditional building type . Steiner, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-515-05357-3 , pp. 367 .
- ^ Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye : 15 avril 1974. Mémoires d'un compagnon de Seyni Kountché . Editions Nathan-Adamou, Niamey 2005, p. 11 .
- ↑ Corinne Mester de Parajd, László Mester de Parajd : Regards sur l'habitat traditionnel au Niger . Editions Créer, Nonette 1988, p. 68 .
- ↑ Mahamane Amadou: Dosso / Program Dosso Sogha: Overture de la grande mosquée rénovée de Dosso. In: aNiamey.com. June 23, 2015, accessed February 11, 2018 (French).
Coordinates: 13 ° 2 ′ 50.2 " N , 3 ° 11 ′ 49.6" E