The most beautiful mosques to visit Senegal

Gorée Island has one of the oldest mosques in Senegal, built in 1890 with basalt stones from the country, at the foot of the western slope of the Castel. A project for the development of the esplanade has been under discussion for a long time and has still not started. It includes areas for relaxation and the integration of the craft trade site located for the moment at the bottom of the Castel. Only Muslims will be able to visit the mosque. One notices a slightly more modern element: a false palm tree that hides the building's speakers!

Second largest mosque in Senegal, the Massalikoul Djinane mosque, which means "the paths to paradise" in Arabic, rises majestically since 2019 in the popular district of Colobane. Symbol of the power of the Mouride, it culminates at nearly 80 meters high, and pays tribute to Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba, founder of this brotherhood. The interior is grandiose, with its Carrara marble walls, its string of columns and its Baccarat crystal chandeliers!