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General Information

Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Mosque
Minaret

Location

Location: ,
Coordinates: 14° 40' 41.87" N    17° 26' 34.49" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

tower height 67 m

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Dakar Grand Mosque (French:Grande Mosquée de Dakar) is one of the most important religious buildings in the capital of Senegal. It is situated on Allée Pape Gueye Fall.

History

Designed by French and Moroccan architects, The Grand Mosque was opened in 1964 by Hassan II, King of Morocco and Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor.

Architecture

Richly decorated on the interior and exterior, it is stylistically similar to the Mausoleum of Mohammed V in Casablanca. Its minaret rises to 67 meters.

Institut islamique de Dakar

Created in 1964 and situated in the enceinte of the Grand Mosque, the Institut islamique is a public institution under the direction of the Senegalese Minister of Education, dedicated to Islamic research and teaching. The library of the Institute, named for prince Naef Ben Abdelaziz Al-Saoud was opened 9 October 2004.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Grand Mosque of Dakar" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

 

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20012888
  • Published on:
    12/08/2004
  • Last updated on:
    01/02/2017
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