Wayfaring Travel Guide. Online travel map for destinations and sites around the world » Mauritania http://www.wayfaring.info Experience what real Travel means Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:36:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mosque of Chinguetti – Symbol of Mauritania http://www.wayfaring.info/2008/11/26/mosque-of-chinguetti-symbol-of-mauritania/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mosque-of-chinguetti-symbol-of-mauritania http://www.wayfaring.info/2008/11/26/mosque-of-chinguetti-symbol-of-mauritania/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:05:48 +0000 iv http://www.wayfaring.info/2008/11/26/mosque-of-chinguetti-symbol-of-mauritania/
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Mauritania is a country in North-West Africa. Chinguetti was founded to serve the caravans crossing the Sahara. The old mosque was constructed 700 years ago and is the main mosque of the town considered to be number 7 most sacred town of Islam in the whole world.

The wooden doors are amazing and many have an excellent hand work carved on them.  The sanctuary is best known for its massive square minaret, which towers over the town and is built of rubble masonry without mortar. The minaret is capped by four acroteria, or pedestals, each topped with a stone ostrich egg. The nature is totally wild.

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Chinguetti is really venerated as one of the most holy cities in Islam. This remote place is the most frequently visited tourist spot in Mauritania. In the 1970s the mosque was restored through a UNESCO.

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