Thiès

Thiès lies east of Dakar at a junction of railway and road routes. Broad, tree-lined avenues form part of its street network, while the former railway residential district, now named Ibrahima Sarr, retains villas associated with the city’s rail-era development. The market on the station avenue connects commercial activity to this inherited transport centre.

Its built heritage includes the former Faidherbe fort, adapted as a historical museum, and the Manufactures sénégalaises des arts décoratifs, established in 1966. The latter combines workshops for hand-produced tapestries and batik with an exhibition building supported by substantial pillars. Railway infrastructure, residential streets and spaces for craft production provide distinct physical records of the city’s industrial and cultural development.