Grande Mosquée of Porto Novo

Medium:

concrete wood (plant material) stucco tile (material)

Tradition:

Islamic

Place of Origin:

Benin > Ouémé > Porto-Novo

Date:

1912-35

ID:

220020

Keywords:

Mosque Islam Afro-Brazilian Transatlantic West Africa Bénin Architecture

Notes:

Photo one by Babylas, 2009. CC BY-SA 3.0

Photo two reproduced from Barry Hallen, “Afro-Brazilian Mosques in West Africa,” Mimar 29 (1988): 21.