3D print Dakar landmarks
Free printable models of Dakar landmarks, made from real map data in your browser, in a Senegalese capital that grew into a major regional port under French rule.
2 landmark models · 2 with a print guide · Senegal
Landmarks with a print guide
About Dakar
Dakar is Senegal's capital and largest city. Its metropolitan area had 4.0 million people in 2023, and the department of Dakar has 1,278,469. The city occupies the Cap-Vert peninsula, which is mainland Africa's westernmost point. The Lebu people settled the peninsula no later than the 15th century, and the original villages of Ouakam, Ngor, Yoff and Hann make up distinctively Lebou neighborhoods. Portuguese ships arrived at the Bay of Dakar in 1444, and France took over the island of Gorée in 1677. Dakar succeeded Saint-Louis as French West Africa's capital in 1902, and it has been the capital of independent Senegal since 1960.
Colonial authorities spent heavily on infrastructure: jetties improved the port, a telegraph line followed the coast to Saint-Louis, and a railway to the same city was completed in 1885. A second railroad, the Dakar-Niger line, was built between 1906 and 1923 and connected the city with Bamako. After a plague epidemic in 1914, most Africans were forced out of the old Plateau neighborhoods into a new quarter, the Médina, behind a "sanitary cordon." The Plateau became a district for administration, commerce and housing increasingly reserved for Europeans. Since independence, the built-up area has spread eastward past Pikine to Rufisque, forming a conurbation of almost 3 million people.
About these models
The 2 models on this page are among more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around them is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shapes from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
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Common questions
Are these Dakar landmark models free?
Yes. All 2 models on this page are free. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
Can I download Dakar landmark STL files?
Mini Skyline builds each file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How tall do the Dakar landmarks print?
On the default 160 mm print they stand between about 19 and 22 mm tall. Each landmark grows with the print size, and Make this print opens the generator with its area already selected. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.