Gobarau Minaret

Katsina State · Nigeria

Gobarau Minaret, Nigeria
Photo: Derric Evans, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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A tall earthen minaret that once belonged to an early mosque and university in Katsina, recalling the city's medieval reputation as a centre of Islamic learning. The mud-brick tower is among northern Nigeria's oldest surviving structures.

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