Cathedrale du Souvenir Africain de Dakar, Dakar

The Cathedrale du Souvenir Africain de Dakar is Dakar's largest church and the archdiocese's seat. It's in the Dakar-Plateau district, on Boulevard de la République.

The architect Charles-Albert Wulffleff drew inspiration from a variety of sources, including neo-Sudanese style towers, Byzantine cupolas, terraces, and caryatids adorned with the features of young Fulani girls. African elements (sudanese pink sandstone, Tunisian marble, Gabonese solid wood, Ouagadougou carpets) are mixed with granite slabs from Brittany and bronze ornaments produced by Father Brottier's orphans in Auteuil.

The heart of the structure, in the shape of a Greek cross, is occupied by a large cupola lighted by twenty windows. Three of the cross's arms are extended by porticoes. The fourth chapel is occupied by the choir, which is encircled by an ambulatory that leads to five chapels.

Location: Dakar, Senegal