Great Mosque of Porto-Novo- Travel Tips
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Suggested Duration: 1 hours
The Great Mosque of Porto-Novo, located in Benin's Ouémé Department, was built between 1912 and 1925 during the French Dahomey period. Recognized as a historical monument by the city government, the mosque is notable for its Afro-Brazilian architectural style, featuring a chapel-like structure with a long central hall, shallow vaulted roof, and an ornate facade adorned with floral and scrollwork stucco designs.

Reviews of Grande Mosquée de Porto Novo

  • attractions-reviews-avatar Ema
    5
    Reviewed: 2023-12-30

    It’s nice 😊

  • attractions-reviews-avatar Raphael
    5
    Reviewed: 2023-11-14

    Worth the visit to see the contrast of architectures, religion and everything that happens around this place and how everyone lives very peacefully together in community

  • attractions-reviews-avatar Proschia Awinimi
    5
    Reviewed: 2023-04-25

    Standing so tal and magnificent, free to visit and take pictures, close to the market

  • attractions-reviews-avatar Stephen Olateju
    5
    Reviewed: 2021-02-04

    This place is okey and I used to follow the routine twice in a week

  • attractions-reviews-avatar samuel ray
    4
    Reviewed: 2019-04-21

    Very incredible building and architecture shows just how old it is with the building using Arab Turkic design which lends to its credibility as an old and interesting building visitors can sit around the building but should note that the building is registered as a historic building and any attempt to defame the structure may result to criminal charges, although the mosque is now rarely used due to the newer more modern mosque opening just beside it, a lot of older worshipers still prefer the old mosque as they still feel a sense of attachment to it, there is a folk story about the mosque from locals who say some rich people in the past buried some gold and valuables somewhere in the old mosque but this is just a fairy tale and should be taken lightly, also visitors should take note not to loiter around the mosque during prayer times as the locals consider it disrespectful, in all the mosque show just how advanced Africans at old times were developed with its structural integrity still intact goes to show how far it's architecture was ahead of its time

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