History

The Great Mosque of Algiers, Djamaâ El-Djazaïr, or Mosque of Algeria3, is a mosque located in Algiers, Algeria. The mosque is completed in April 2019. It is the largest mosque in Africa and the third largest mosque in the world.

Urban and Architectural

The Great Mosque of Algiers has a prayer room with an area of 20,000 m24, which can accommodate 120,000 worshippers. The central nave of this room is surrounded by colonnades, to the east is the mihrab, made of white marble, the room is surmounted by a dome with a diameter of 50 meters, culminating at a height of 70 meters. The minaret is the tallest minaret in the world, standing 265 meters tall with a viewing platform at the top for visitors to enjoy the panoramic view of the Bay of Algiers.

Description

The mosque also has a 265 m (869 ft) tall minaret, which makes it the tallest building in Africa.[8] It also houses an observation deck atop the minaret, which has 37 floors. The mosque is designed to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 and the structure has been specially processed to resist corrosion. The main prayer hall has 618 octagonal columns serving as support pillars and 6 km (3.7 mi) of calligraphic writing engraved with a laser system. The dome of the prayer hall has a diameter of 50 m (160 ft) and rises to a height of 70 m.

References

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Mosqu%C3%A9e_d%27Alger

https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/2020/12/11/djama-el-djazar-the-great-mosque-of-algiers-is-the-third-largest-in-the-world.html