Mogadishu Cathedral
Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia Christianity
The ruined former Catholic cathedral of Mogadishu, consecrated in 1928 and designed as a neomedieval adaptation of Cefalù Cathedral.
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Sheikh Suufi Shrine and Cemetery
Sheikh Suufi Cemetery, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia Islam
Annual pilgrimage shrine of the Mogadishu scholar Sheikh Suufi within the historic cemetery that bears his name.
Hajji Ali Mosque
Mogadishu Old City, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia Islam
Medieval old-city mosque identified in Somalia’s UNESCO Tentative List documentation and associated there with Ibn Battuta’s 1331 visit.
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity
Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia Islam
Mogadishu’s prominent central mosque, completed in 1987 and restored after conflict-related closure.
Jama’a Xamar Weyne Mosque
Xamar Weyne, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia Islam
Historic Friday mosque in Xamar Weyne with a thirteenth-century minaret inscription that anchors Mogadishu’s medieval Islamic architecture.
Fakhr al-Din Mosque
Xamar Weyne, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia Islam
A major medieval Mogadishu mosque distinguished by carved marble connected with the stone-carving workshops of Gujarat.
Arba’a Rukun Mosque
Shangani, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia Islam
Medieval mosque in Mogadishu’s Shangani quarter with a dated thirteenth-century inscription.