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Saint-Louis is situated in northern Senegal, on the border with Mauritania, although the nearest border crossing is at Rosso, 100 km (62 mi) up the Senegal River. The heart of the old colonial city is located on a narrow island a little more than 2 km (1.2 mi) long but only about 400 m (1,300 ft) wide.
It was the capital of Senegal from 1872 to 1957 and played an important cultural and economic role in the whole of West Africa. The location of the town on an island at the mouth of the Senegal River, its regular town plan, the system of quays, and the characteristic colonial architecture give Saint-Louis its distinctive appearance and identity ...
1819 - Catholic Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, France arrive in Saint-Louis. 1822 - Court of First Instance and Appeals Court established. 1828 - St. Louis Cathedral consecrated. 1847 - Great Mosque of Saint-Louis built. [4] 1848 - French citizenship nominally granted to residents of Saint-Louis. [5] 1849 - Public library established.
In Senegal, trading posts were established in Gorée, St. Louis, Rufisque, Portudal and Joal and the upper valley of the Senegal River, including Fort St. Joseph, in the Kingdom of Galam, was in the 18th century a French engine of trafficking in Senegambia. In parallel, a mestizo society develops in St. Louis and Gorée.
The Emergence of Black Politics in Senegal: The Struggle for Power in the Four Communes, 1900-1920. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0783-1. François Zuccarelli [in French] (1973). "Les maîres de Saint-Louis et Gorée de 1816 à 1872" [Mayors of Saint-Louis and Gorée].
Author Giulia Paoletti has pieced together forgotten stories and photographs from Senegal, dating back to the 1840s, in a vibrant reclamation of the nation’s artistic heritage.
The Saint-Louis region (French: Région de Saint-Louis) of Senegal is on the border with Mauritania.Its capital is Saint-Louis.. Famous for the cast iron bridge in its capital, built by French colonialists in the 19th century, the region includes the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, home to thousands of birds, some indigenous to the area.
The Cathedral of St. Louis [1] (French: Cathédrale Saint Louis), [2] [3] located in Saint-Louis, Senegal, is the seat of the Diocese of St-Louis du Sénégal. The nineteenth-century cathedral church is located on the place d'armes in the southern district of Saint-Louis Island. [4] [5]