Nigeria

The national mosque of Nigeria in the center of the federal capital Abuja, completed in 1984 with a large gold-clad central dome measuring about 60 meters across and four towering 120-meter minarets. The complex includes a library, a conference center, the office of the Islamic Centre, and residences for the imams and muezzins, welcoming non-Muslim visitors outside congregational prayer times.

Independence Avenue, Central Business District, Abuja

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Nigeria's premier interdenominational Christian sanctuary rising in the Central Business District of the federal capital Abuja, designed in a bold Postmodern Neo-Gothic idiom by the Nigerian firm Darchiwork Group and dedicated on October 2, 2005 under the auspices of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), featuring soaring arched concrete ribs, radiant stained-glass walls, a pipe organ, and a central rotating circular altar.

National Interdenominational Christian Sanctuary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Central Ecumenical Seat of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in AbujaCentral Business District, near the Central Bank of Nigeria Headquarters, Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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The historic mother church of Roman Catholicism in Nigeria situated in the heart of Lagos Island, succeeding the original 1881 Afro-Brazilian pro-cathedral built by master masons Lazaro Borges da Silva and Francisco Nobre and reconstructed between August 6, 1934 and 1939 in a monumental French Gothic Revival style, serving as the metropolitan seat of the Archdiocese of Lagos and enshrining relics of Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi.

Metropolitan Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos (Archidioecesis Lagosensis, elevated on April 18, 1950) and Historic Architectural Monument of Lagos IslandCatholic Mission Street and Oil Mill Street, Lagos Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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A 75-hectare dense primary tropical forest sanctuary meandering along the banks of the Osun River on the southern outskirts of Osogbo in southwestern Nigeria, consecrated since the early seventeenth century through a sacred covenant between the royal hunter Larooye (the first Ataoja of Osogbo) and the Yoruba river goddess Osun (Oshun), revitalized between the 1950s and 1990s with monumental New Sacred Art sculptures by Austrian-born priestess Susanne Wenger (Adunni Olorisha) and Yoruba master artisans including Adebisi Akanji, and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Inscribed July 15, 2005, Ref. 1118) and Nigerian National Monument (Designated 1965, Expanded 1992)Banks of the Osun River, Southern Outskirts of Osogbo, Osun State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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The historic central congregational mosque of the Kano Emirate standing directly opposite the Gidan Rumfa Royal Palace in the ancient walled city (Birnin Kano) of northern Nigeria, originally founded in the late fifteenth century under Sultan Muhammad Rumfa (reigned 1463 to 1499) and North African scholar Sheikh Muhammad al-Maghili, relocated to its present site in 1582, celebrated in the nineteenth century for its monumental mud-brick tower under Emir Abdullahi dan Dabo, and reconstructed in reinforced concrete with an emerald-green dome and twin minarets beginning in 1951.

Premier Congregational Mosque of the Kano Emirate and Historic Landmark of Ancient Birnin KanoEmir's Palace Road (adjacent to Gidan Rumfa Palace and Kofar Mata), Ancient Walled City of Kano (Birnin Kano), Kano State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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