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ID: 700009258 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009258 | Record Type: Built Work |
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Great Mosque of Djenné (mosque (building); construction supervised by Ismaïla Traoré; 1909; Djenné (Mopti, Région de, Mali, Africa, World, Top of ...; ) | |
Note: Mosque in Mali commissioned by the French colonial government in 1909; built on the ruins of a previous mosque, probably dating 1200 /1330. Made from adobe, the mosque is the largest earthen structure in the world. | |
Titles: |
Great Mosque of Djenné (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
Grande mosquée de Djenné (C,U,French,U,U) |
Mosquée de Djenné (C,U,French,U,U) |
Djamaa el-Kebir (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
Jamaa el-Kebir (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
Jami' al-Kebir (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
الجامع الكبير في جينيه (C,U,Arabic,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
mosque (building) [300007544] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings) |
architecture (preferred) |
Creation Date: 1909 |
construction supervised by Ismaïla Traoré [preferred] |
supervising architect Traoré, Ismaïla (Malian architect, 19th-early 20th century) [500475543] |
Locations: |
Current: Djenné [7000460] Mopti (region (administrative division)), Mali (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Address Note: 13°54′19″N 4°33′20″W |
Display Materials: adobe |
adobe (material) [300081138] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, brick (clay material), <brick by technique>, <brick by technique: drying process>, sun-dried brick) |
Dimensions: 3 minarets; maximum height: 16 m (52 feet) |
Malian (preferred) |
Islamic |
Sudanese [300262698] (preferred,N/A) | |
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, African (general| continental cultures), <African by national designation>) |
architecture (preferred,isness) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Built Works |
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Great Mosque of Djenné | ........ [VP] |
........ Petersen, Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (1996) 308 | |
........ Marshall Cavendish Reference, Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World (2011) 153 | |
........ Hurol, Tectonics of Structural Systems (2016) 69 | |
Grande mosquée de Djenné | ........ [VP] |
........ ArchNet [online] | |
Mosquée de Djenné | ........ [VP] |
........ Bedaux et al., L'architecture de Djenné (2003) 15 | |
........ Maas and Mommersteeg, Djenn$0e: chef-d'$71oeuvre architectural (1992) 393 | |
Djamaa el-Kebir | ........ [VP] |
........ ArchNet [online] | |
Jamaa el-Kebir | ........ [VP] |
........ ArchNet [online] | |
Jami' al-Kebir | ........ [VP] |
........ ArchNet [online] | |
الجامع الكبير في جينيه | ........ [VP] |
........ ArchNet [online] | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
....................... Petersen, Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (1996) 308 |
....................... Hurol, Tectonics of Structural Systems (2016) 69-70 |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Hurol, Tectonics of Structural Systems (2016) 69 | |
..... Petersen, Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (1996) 308 | |
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