اللغات

Gaddafi National Mosque


History


The completed mosque was opened officially in June 2007, as it housed the head offices of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council.

In 2013 the mosque was renamed to "Uganda National Mosque"  following the death of Colonel Gaddafi as the new Libyan administration was "reluctant to rehabilitate the mosque under the old name.

Urban and Architectural


The mosque is linked to Uganda Muslim supreme council.

Location:

at Kampala Hill in the Old Kampala area of KampalaUganda.

Facilities:

prayer hall that fit for 15000 worshipers, gallery 1100 user, a terrace will cater that fit 3,500.

Architecture:

twelve arches each with a 4.9-meter hight , five domes and one minaret with a height of  50.5 meters.

the mosque is built from reinforced concrete 

Description


Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya commissioned the mosque as a gift to Uganda, and for the benefit of the Muslim population. Uganda has many mosques but this one is a skyscraper mosque.

Details

الموقع

23 Old Kampala Rd, Kampala, Uganda

عدد المصليين

12,200

المالك / المتبرع

colonel muammar gaddafi

تاريخ البناء

2006

الرسومات المعمارية

الخريطة

History

The completed mosque was opened officially in June 2007, as it housed the head offices of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council.

In 2013 the mosque was renamed to "Uganda National Mosque"  following the death of Colonel Gaddafi as the new Libyan administration was "reluctant to rehabilitate the mosque under the old name.

Urban and Architectural

The mosque is linked to Uganda Muslim supreme council.

Location:

at Kampala Hill in the Old Kampala area of KampalaUganda.

Facilities:

prayer hall that fit for 15000 worshipers, gallery 1100 user, a terrace will cater that fit 3,500.

Architecture:

twelve arches each with a 4.9-meter hight , five domes and one minaret with a height of  50.5 meters.

the mosque is built from reinforced concrete 

Description

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya commissioned the mosque as a gift to Uganda, and for the benefit of the Muslim population. Uganda has many mosques but this one is a skyscraper mosque.