Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Largest Mud Brick Building in the World

The Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali a World Heritage Site is the World's Largest Mud-brick Building. It was built around 1908, though a mosque existed at this site from early 13th century. Like the earlier mosque this mosque is also made entirely of mud-brick, mud mortar and mud based plaster. The covered hall is about 50 x 24 metres.Although not very well known, but after the Sphinx and Pyramids,

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