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This marker is part of an extended History of Islamic Architecture
Timbuktu, Mali
Djingarey Ber Mosque
1327, restored 2000
Djingarey Ber, 'the Great Mosque', is Timbuktu's oldest monument and its major landmark. The mosque is almost entirely built in banco (raw earth), which is used for mud bricks and rendering. The mosque's maintenance, consisting mainly of repairing the mud rendering, is regularly undertaken upon appeal by the imam to the population, whose contributions take the form of money, materials and labour. For a very interesting report on the recent restoration and rendering see
Archnet.org East façade and rooftop minaret of mosque
The rooftop minaret
Text and photographs from Archnet.org