City of shells

If you love mussels, then you should definitely get into this place. This city is completely created from seashells. Shells there everywhere underfoot, on walls, on roofs, in the old cemeteries, they are littered with dishes, clothes, things ... In short, shells here just everywhere!






Why it happened? Previously, the town on the island Fadiut was fishers dump waste. They extracted mollusks, clams eaten and shells tons were exported to the island, where they were thrown out. Local residents settled here not so long ago, only recently, that is. A hundred years ago the place was anonymous, and after settling the island was given the name, and then appeared and the city. Now it is the most valuable place that actively attracts tourists, and also brings a lot of revenue to the treasury of the local Senegalese.







Especially beautiful in the rubble of shells local cemetery. Here are predominantly Christian burial, but there are also Muslim.