Sudano-Sahelian architectural monument
C24541
concept
A Sudano-Sahelian architectural monument is a large, often earthen-built structure—such as a mosque, palace, or fortified compound—characterized by thick mud-brick walls, wooden toron beams, and monumental facades adapted to the hot, arid climates of the Sudano-Sahel region of West Africa.
Observed surface forms (2)
- Sahelian mud-brick architecture ×2
- Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick mosque ×1
Instances (5)
- Tomb of Askia
- Djinguereber Mosque via concept surface "Sahelian mud-brick architecture"
- Grand Mosque of Mopti via concept surface "Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick mosque"
- Great Mosque of Djenné
- Agadez Mosque via concept surface "Sahelian mud-brick architecture"