HALL OF MYRIAD PATHS
Traditions present: Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism
Five places written in Niger. Each carries its history, architecture, site and orientation, festivals, and the way to get there.
Each dot is one placeHover to see its name, click to open its page
All 5 pages now have an English version.
Friday mosque of the historic city of Agadez at the southern gateway of the Sahara, built in 1515 and partially rebuilt between 1844 and 1847, famed for its 27 m mud-brick minaret studded with 13 rows of wooden stakes, the centerpiece of the 2013 UNESCO World Heritage historic centre.
Photo: Vincent van Zeijst, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Niamey in the heart of Niger's capital, originating as a Society of African Missions (SMA) parish founded by Father Francois Faroud on January 6, 1931, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help on May 13, 1948 under Redemptorist administration, and elevated to cathedral status on March 21, 1961, celebrated for its climate-adapted Sahelian ecclesiastical architecture and its witness of peaceful interreligious dialogue.
Photo: NigerTZai, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The central sanctuary and national headquarters congregation of the Evangelical Church of the Republic of Niger (Eglise Evangelique de la Republique du Niger, EERN) in Niamey, rooted in the pioneering medical, educational, and vernacular Bible translation work begun by the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) in 1924 and constituted as an autonomous national church on January 31, 1961, serving as the historic heart of Protestant worship in Niger.
Photo: Stefan Krasowski from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The largest mosque in Niger's capital city of Niamey, rising along Avenue de l'Islam and constructed during the 1970s with Libyan diplomatic financing to accommodate up to 10,000 worshippers inside its prayer hall and expansive courtyard, distinguished on the Sahelian skyline by its gleaming emerald-green tiled domes, shaded geometric arcades, and a lofty minaret climbed by 171 steps overlooking the Niger River basin.
Photo: Roland Huziaker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
A world-renowned masterpiece of vernacular earthen architecture in the Ader region of Tahoua, built collaboratively between 1962 and 1982 by master mason El Hadji Falke Barmou and the entire village community of Yaama using sun-dried mud bricks and bundled timber arches, celebrated for its central mud dome, four sculptural corner towers, and receipt of the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1986.
Photo: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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From Wikimedia Commons under open licences, each credited to its photographer, or photographed by UK MASTER ACADEMY. No image is published without both its author and its licence.
Four tests: it is officially listed as a heritage site, it belongs to a tradition this library covers, its site and orientation can be read in feng shui terms, and an openly licensed photograph exists.
The library opens one country at a time, beginning with the countries that have the most readers, and within each country with its most significant places. A grey country is simply one whose turn has not come. Suggestions are welcome through the page of Master Ưng Khiêm.
