Timbuktu

country. Mali

year of inscription. 1988

criteria. Cultural

Timbuktu WHS is located in the region of Timbouctou. It was an important economic centre for trading as well as the intellectual and spiritual capital of Islam in Africa during the 15th and 16th centuries CE. The three masjid (mosques) and madrassah (Islamic schools) that recall Timbuktu’s golden age – Djingareyber (built in 1570CE – 1583CE), Sankore (built in 1578CE – 1582CE), and Sidi Yahia (built in 1400CE, and restored in 1577CE – 1578CE), – are located here. Standing alongside them are sixteen mausoleums and holy public places also listed in the WHS, all of which are testament to the exceptional earthen architecture style of the region.

what. postcard (Mali, n.d.)