Old Towns of Djenné World Heritage Site

Official name

Old Towns of Djenné | UNESCO

Country

Mali | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

Djenné Circle, Region of Mopti
13.9063° Lat, -4.5550° Lon | Map

Code

116

Time Zone

Africa/Bamako (GMT, +0000)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1988. Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was one of the centres for the propagation of Islam. Its traditional houses, of which nearly 2,000 have survived, are built on hillocks ( toguere ) as protection from the seasonal floods.