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DJENNE



DJENNE ... and its ancient site DJENNE- DJENO
A bimillenial City , inscribed to the World Heritage.
Founded before Year 1000 by Soninke people, then developed by the Songhais,
it is mentioned in the XVth century by the Arab geographer Leo Africanus as a center for agriculture and commerce with the traders of Berberie.



PLACES TO VISIT
The visitor is first surprised by the particularity of Djenne's architecture.
the huge mosque, built for the first time at the end of the XIIIth century and often rebuilt is still nowadays a religious centre.
Distroyed en 1830 by Cheikou Amadou, it was rebuilt in 1907.


The archeological site of DJENNE- DJENO dates from the IIIrd century before Jesus Christ.
TAPAMA DJENEPO's tomb is the tomb of a young girl who was sacrificed to insure the prosperity of the town.
NANA WANGARA's well.
The weekly market on Mondays.
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