Senegal

The central sanctuary of the Mouride Sufi brotherhood in the holy city of Touba, founded in 1887 by Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba and housing his mausoleum. With its foundation stone laid in March 1932 and its inauguration held on 7 June 1963, the mosque rises around the 86.8-meter Lamp Fall minaret as one of the largest mosques in Africa and welcomes millions of pilgrims every year for the Grand Magal on 18 Safar.

Trung tâm thành Touba, département de Mbacké, région de Diourbel, Sénégal

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The metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar located in the heart of the Plateau district, constructed between 1923 and 1929 to a Neo-Sudanese and Neo-Byzantine design by French architect Charles-Albert Wulffleff and consecrated by Cardinal Jean Verdier on February 2, 1936 in honor of Our Lady of Victories and in memory of fallen African soldiers and pioneering missionaries in West Africa.

Metropolitan Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar and Classified National Historical Monument of the Republic of SenegalBoulevard de la Republique, at the intersection with Avenue Pasteur, Plateau District, Dakar, Republic of Senegal

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Senegal's national Marian shrine and Minor Basilica overlooking the Atlantic Ocean near the cliffs of Cap de Naze in the Thies Region, founded in 1888 by Bishop Mathurin Picarda around the Black Madonna statue of Our Lady of Deliverance, elevated to basilica rank by Pope John Paul II in 1991, and celebrated for its annual Pentecost Monday foot pilgrimage that exemplifies interfaith harmony between Christian pilgrims and local Muslim host families.

Papal Minor Basilica (proclaimed by Pope John Paul II on November 23, 1991) and National Marian Shrine of the Republic of SenegalCoastal village of Popenguine (Poponguine-Ndayane) near Cap de Naze, Mbour Department, Thies Region, Republic of Senegal

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The supreme spiritual center of the Tijaniyyah Sufi brotherhood in Senegal located in the holy city of Tivaouane in the Thies Region, established in 1902 by the revered Islamic scholar and mystic Cheikh El Hadji Malick Sy (1855 to 1922), expanded into a monumental Hispano-Moorish mosque complex from 1984 to 2024, and famed across West Africa as the heart of the annual Gamou (Mawlid al-Nabi) pilgrimage.

Supreme Spiritual Seat of the Tijaniyyah Sufi Order in Senegal and Major National Religious Heritage Site of the Republic of SenegalKeur Seydi El Hadji Malick Sy Sacred Quarter, Tivaouane City Center, Tivaouane Department, Thies Region, Republic of Senegal

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The oldest surviving Catholic church in the Dakar region situated at the heart of historic Goree Island (a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1978), completed in 1830 in colonial Neoclassical style with an ochre Doric portico through the patronage of the island's Afro-European Signare women, and the site where Pope John Paul II offered a historic prayer of repentance for the transatlantic slave trade on February 22, 1992.

UNESCO World Heritage Site Component (Island of Goree, inscribed in 1978, Ref. 26) and Oldest Surviving Catholic Church in the Dakar RegionRue Saint-Charles, at the corner of Rue du Chevalier de Boufflers, Goree Island, Dakar, Republic of Senegal

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