Senegal
Dakar Region
5 sites
Diamalaye Mosque, Dakar
Diamalaye Mosque, Dakar, Senegal is a mosque of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 14.76076, -17.45399. Attributes: built, cultural. Tradition: Islamic. Located in Dakar, Région de Dakar, Sénégal.
Diamalaye Yoff, Dakar
Diamalaye Yoff, Dakar, Senegal is a religious of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 14.76059, -17.46807. Attributes: built, cultural, pilgrimage, ceremonial. Tradition: Layene. Associated figure: Seydina Limamou Laye. Located in Dakar, Région de Dakar, Sénégal.
Grand Mosque of Yoff, Dakar
Grand Mosque of Yoff, Dakar, Senegal is a mausoleum of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 14.75912, -17.46958. Attributes: built, cultural. Tradition: Sufi. Associated figure: Saidi Limamou Laye. Located in Dakar, Région de Dakar, Sénégal.
Layene Mausoleum
Layene Mausoleum, Senegal is a mausoleum of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 14.76109, -17.46900. Attributes: built, cultural, pilgrimage. Tradition: Layene Brotherhood. Associated figure: Seydina Limamou Laye. Located in Dakar, Région de Dakar, Sénégal.
Mausoleum of Seydina Limamou Lahi, Dakar
Mausoleum of Seydina Limamou Lahi, Dakar, Senegal is a mausoleum of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 14.76109, -17.46900. Attributes: built, cultural, pilgrimage. Tradition: Islam. Associated figure: Seydina Limamou Lahi. Located in Dakar, Région de Dakar, Sénégal.
Diourbel Region
1 site
Touba
Touba (Hassaniya Arabic: توبا, 'Felicity'; Wolof: Tuubaa) is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district. With a population of 1,120,824 in 2023, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after Dakar. It is the holy city of Mouridism and the burial place of its founder, Shaikh Ahmadou Bàmba Mbàcke. Next to his tomb stands a large mosque, completed in 1963.
Thiès Region
3 sites
Abbey of the Sacred Heart, Keur Moussa
Abbaye de Keur Moussa or simply Keur Mousa, near Dakar, the capital city of the Western African nation of Senegal, is a Benedictine monastery of the Solesmes Congregation. Founded in 1961 by French monks, the monastery became an abbey in 1984. As of 2000 the monastery was home to 26 monks under the leadership of Abbot Fr Philippe Champetier de Ribes Christofle. Recordings done by Sacred Spirit Music demonstrate the monks playing the kora harp and singing, and have reached Western audiences. Their music blends African rhythms and instruments with Western liturgical chant.
Popenguine Sanctuary
Popenguine Sanctuary, Senegal is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 14.55601, -17.10922. Located in Popenguine-Ndayane, Région de Thiès, Sénégal.
Tivaouane
Tivaouane or Tivawan (Wolof: Tiwaawan; French: Tivaouane) is a city and urban commune located in the Thiès Region of Senegal.