Great Mosque of Niamey
The Great Mosque of Niamey ( French : Grande mosquée de Niamey ) is the central Friday mosque in Niamey , the capital of Niger .
Location and architecture
The Great Mosque of Niamey is located in the Abidjan district of the Niamey III arrondissement at the intersection of the Boulevard Mali Béro and Avenue de l'Islam. The Niger River , on which the city center is located, runs about three kilometers southwest of the mosque.
The building, located in a spacious, unobstructed area, has a light facade, several bluish-green gleaming domes and a tall, slender minaret that can be reached via 171 steps. The mosque has seats for 10,000 people.
history
The Nigerien head of state Seyni Kountché laid the foundation stone for the mosque on February 25, 1977. Its construction was financed by Libya under Muammar al-Gaddafi . In the 1970s, Libya also supported the construction of mosques for propaganda purposes in the capitals of other African countries with a predominantly Muslim population, such as Banjul in Gambia and Conakry in Guinea . The Niamey Great Mosque was completed in May 1989. A few days later, al-Gaddafi called on Niger to join the Arab Maghreb Union he co-founded .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Alison Behnke: Niger in Pictures . Twenty-First Century Books, Minneapolis 2008, ISBN 0-8225-7147-1 , pp. 54 .
- ^ Niger: Sights. Goruma, accessed January 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Günter Wiedensohler: Niger . In: Rolf Hofmeier (Hrsg.): Afrika Jahrbuch 1989. Politics, economy and society in Africa south of the Sahara . Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1990, ISBN 3-8100-0831-1 , p. 132 .
- ^ Arye Oded: The Promotion of Islamic Activities by Arab Countries in Africa - Contemporary Trends . In: Asian and African Studies. Journal of the Israel Oriental Society . Volume 21, No. 3 , November 1987, pp. 290 .
Coordinates: 13 ° 31 '19.7 " N , 2 ° 7' 58.5" E