Grand Mosque of Touba

1963 · Touba

The Great Mosque of Touba was inaugurated on 7 June 1963. It was built through the labour and donations of the Mouride faithful. Its five minarets rise tens of metres into the sky of the holy city. At the heart of the sanctuary rests Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba. It is the largest mosque in Senegal.

Sources

• Senego — la Grande Mosquée de Touba inaugurée en 1963
• Cairn — « Variations autour de trois sites mourides dans la migration » (Autrepart, 2005)
• OpenEdition — La Mouridiyya en marche (MSH), chapitre 3
• Persée — D. B. Cruise O’Brien, The Mourides of Senegal (compte rendu)

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