Zinder Grand Mosque
historic mosque in Niger (destroyed)
🧭 What does this mosque have?
If you've been, mark what you saw; confirmed details are shown to everyone and used in filters.
Overview
This text was compiled from sourced information with AI assistance and has not yet been reviewed by an editor. Please report any errors.
The Zinder Grand Mosque was a historic Friday mosque in the Zinder region of Niger, in Africa. Its recorded address is on Route de l'Aéroport in the Galadima area of Mirriah. Sources date its construction to the nineteenth century and associate it with Zinder, the country's second city. Wikidata describes the building as destroyed, so it is presented here as a historic structure.
History
This text was compiled from sourced information with AI assistance and has not yet been reviewed by an editor. Please report any errors.
According to the available sources, the mosque was built in the nineteenth century. Wikidata lists it as destroyed.
From Wikipedia
The Zinder Mosque was a mudbrick mosque in Zinder, Niger. Located in the Birni neighborhood of Zinder, it was one of Niger's oldest mosques and a significant cultural and religious site in Zinder. The mosque was destroyed on 3 September 2024, due to severe flooding in the central-eastern region of Niger.
Source: Wikipedia, article “Zinder Mosque”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fe_Moschee_von_Zinder
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinder_Mosque