The last Friday of Ramadan, April 29, was marked by the completion of the rehabilitation of the Grand Blanchot Mosque, in the heart of downtown Dakar. Historical mosque of the Senegalese capital which dates from the beginning of the 20th century (1907), it had been under construction for four years and was inaugurated during the great prayer in the presence of President Macky Sall.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Thea Olivier
The streets around the Grand Blanchot Mosque were blocked with rows of worshipers during midday prayers. Not everyone was able to enter the building with a new capacity of 6,500 people.
Outside, the mosque has kept its rosettes and mosaics on the facade, but the interior has been modernized in an oriental and Moroccan style. The rehabilitation cost more than one billion one hundred million CFA francs…
It’s my joke. We missed her. It is a symbol. You still need a good mosque to be able to worship God.
Report at the Blanchot mosque in Dakar
Report at the Blanchot mosque in Dakar