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Djenne Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see photo Djenne is a very small city on an island in the Bani river. It is in the middle of an area where the earliest remnants of the Iron Age have been found in Africa. It is of course famous for its mosque - the largest mud building in the world - which is unfortunately closed to non-Muslims but is an eccentrically beautiful building to walk around the outside of. Djenne is usually visited on a Monday, so that visitors can also take in its colourful market. However it is well worth seeing on a different day of the week when it is quiet, to wander the ancient streets and alleyways and admire the beautiful adobe (mud) architecture. This way you can also be at the riverside early on the Monday to watch the traders arriving with their heavily laden carts of goods. __________Sights Edit This Grande Mosque in Djenne, Mali - January 2001 Grande Mosque in Djenne, Mali - January 2001 Lindsay Kante The most important sights in Djenne are located around the market square, which roughly devides the city in two halves. These halves are themeselves devided in several districts, each with their own central square and unique atmosphere. The most spectacular are the Samsei and Algasba areas, east of the Grand Mosque. This is the area where most of the buildings are multiple stories high. This is also the area that most tourists see. Most guides will only take a tour through this area of the city. The off the beaten track areas of the city are more to the west, where the buildings become predominently single story, streets are wider and tourists are a rare sight. This doesn't mean there aren't any interesting things to see in the western part of the city. Wandering about on your own, you just might end up finding the 'real Djenne'... Contributors May 22, 2005 new by jst [Add Sight] The Grand Mosque Edit This photo The grand mosque is the largest mud-brick building in the world. It is by far the most important building in the city, and is the iconic buidling of the Djenné style in architecture. Although the present building is barely a centry old, the site on which it stands has been occupied by a mosque for more than 750 years. Tradition dictates the the present mosque, built in 1907, was modelled after the old mosque, which stood in its place from the 13th century to the 1830's. However, this is unlikely. When explorer René more.. type: Mosques World66 rating: [rate it] Market Edit This Monday is market day in Djenne. People from the area around come to town to buy and sell goods. It is great to walk around, to look at the goods (the cloth, especially), and to haggle. People are friendly and easy going generally speaking. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Madrassa Edit This There is a big number of madrassa's or Coranic schools in Djenne. They are not always very easy to find but a local guide can show them to you and explain about the teaching methods that are still in use. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Marché des femmes Edit This Next to the large market square is the Marché des femmes, also known as petit marché. A lot smaller than the weekly market, this daily market is always lively. type: Squares World66 rating: [rate it] Tapama Dienepo Edit This A well maintained building in the middle of a run down area of town. It is a memorial to a human sacrifice in the 9th century. Most locals won't be able to tell you anything about this buiding at all. type: Memorials World66 rating: [rate it] __________Getting There Edit This The ever busy road into Djenne The ever busy road into Djenne jst Djenne is about 15 km from the main Bamako to Mopti road. The easiest way to get there is by using your own transport, but if you are relying on public transport, read the following: From Bamako If you arrive by bus, you need to get off at the junction, and wait (hope?) for someone to give you a lift into Djenne. On marketdays (monday) this is not so much a problem, on any other day there is astonishingly little transport into Djenne (or on the Mopti-Bamako road for that matter); you may have to wait a while for a car to pass. From Mopti There is plenty of transport to Djenne on marketdays, but only a few taxi brousses on other days. They leave for Djenne in the morning, and return the same afternoon. When the river is high enough, it is also possible to go to Djenne by pinasse. About halfway the road to Djenne you have to use a ferry to cross a river. There may be a long wait. Contributors May 08, 2005 change by jst [Add Global transport mode] connections to djenné - mali Edit This Getting there from Bamako in 6 hours (like the site says) is next to impossible, unless you have your own, very fast, car. From Mopti it is about one hour, but on market days you may want to add another hour waiting for a taxi and for the ferry into Djenné. type: By Road World66 rating: [rate it]