Timbuktu architectural heritage and the local community participation to management system

Author

Walad Sidi, Ali

Source

المؤتمر الدولي الثالث للتراث المعماري : تجارب و حلول للحفاظ و التأهيل : ينظمه مركز عمارة التراث-إيوان-كلية الهندسة-الجامعة الاسلامية بغزة، 27-26 أبريل 2011 بمناسبة يوم التراث العالمي.

Publisher

Islamic University of Gaza Faculty of Engineering

Publication Date

2011-04-30

Country of Publication

Palestine (Gaza Strip)

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Engineering & Technology Sciences (Multidisciplinary)

English Abstract

Africa, the cradle of humanity, still holds a secret in its vast areas of immense cultural treasures; Timbuktu, a city of scholarship, with a strong historical personality and part of UNESCO’s register of world patrimony since 1988, still remains one of those treasures.

A Sahel-Saharan city, home to the “richest of civilizations”, Timbuktu, a city that some call to from across the world, that can only be reached after having exhausted the world map, Timbuktu is a city with a heavy earthen architecture mainly composed of three main mosqs and eleven saint mausoleums.

Indeed that city is well known for its participatory management initiated by the Timbuktu cultural mission being shared in the following item .While the first part of the study is a presentation of Timbuktu cultural heritage components, the second one deals with the participatory management experience shared with Timbuktu stakeholders.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-775510

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