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

Work Types:

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)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1909

Creator Display:

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)

Cultures:

Malian (preferred)

Islamic

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	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>)

General Subject:

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