Located in the ancient fabric of the city of Gao, Aldjanabandja district, the site of the Kankou Moussa Mosque now covers 35,100 m² (3ha 51a). This site housed the historic mosque built by the Emperor of Manden, Kankou Moussa, on his return from the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324. Gao, then a dependency of the Empire of Mali, was one of the meeting points of the caravan tracks that crossed the desert and tracks coming from the south. The work carried out by an Andalusian architect named Es Saheli, is presented by Arab chroniclers and oral traditions as a colossal building and the first case of major works undertaken in the history of Mali, before the construction of the famous Djingareyber mosque in Timbuktu in 1325.
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