Comments on: The Great Mosque of Djenné

By: nova72

nova72 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:34:31 +0000

Yeh the difference in water levels can really be seen here

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

and here

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:59:12 +0000

There’s a replica of this in France – Mosquée Missiri, Fréjus.

By: dr.R.

dr.R. — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:42:42 +0000

Interesting to see the difference in water level in the river between the seasons: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Since you guys don’t mention it, I do it myself: according to Wikipedia there is a replica of the Great Mosque of Djenné in Fréjus, France, which apparently can be found here: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Tammo

Tammo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:05:14 +0000

Now I’m not a Muslim … but before spouting useless nonsense here, it is worth remembering that it was Muslim scholars that dragged Europe’s sorry a**es out of the dark ages (and thereby what is now America as well). Their architecture, science and technology was lightyears ahead of anything in the western world for centuries longer than the West can claim.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:31:05 +0000

Re: “Mud and palm fronds? Islamic engineering at it’s finest.” – What the hell are you talking about??? Haven’t you ever heard of the Taj Mahal, Macca, Jama Masjid or doesn’t your knowledge span that far?

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:12:26 +0000

Mud and palm fronds? Islamic engineering at it’s finest.

By: HighUpinPA

HighUpinPA — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:11:27 +0000

Unrelated comment to this post, but interesting just the same. The Wall Street Journal had an article in this morning’s paper (Tuesday) about the erroroneous ways of some GPS systems.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120578983252543135.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

By: Nico

Nico — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:18:10 +0000

“Mud”.. Why not call it “Adobe(R)”!

By: koen

koen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:52:43 +0000

Ah, I was wondering where I read about Djenné the other day. Now I remember: The Economist did an article on it, and its mosque.

By: koen

koen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:50:16 +0000

It appears this road runs right through the river here. But now that the water is high, you need the ferries to cross.

I like to view areas with lots of rivers and that are different from where I live, so this post is pretty cool.