Mali in the World Top 10 spellbinding sights

Djenne Mosque, in Mali, appears in Lonely Planet's Top 10 most spellbinding sights! Yeah, yeah !

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"The mosque in the island-bound Mali town of Djenné seduces travellers with the mudbrick hue of its fortresslike exterior and the large supporting cast of wooden beams that protrude through the walls into the brilliance of the African sun. So captivating is this earthen marvel, the world’s largest mud-brick structure, that it makes little difference to the experience to learn that the current building only dates from 1907. It was modelled on the Grande Mosquée erected on the same site in 1280; the original building fell into ruin in the 19th century." (Lonely Planet)

Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/rwanda/travel-tips-and-articles/76573?intaffil=lpemail#ixzz1myifoSyj

(Et pour le cocorico, le Mont Saint Michel y figure aussi...)