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_Emir Abdelkader Mosque, Constantine

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Emir Abdelkader Mosque in Constantine, Algeria considered as an important educational and religious land marks in Africa and an architectural master piece that represent the Moorish architecture. It is the second largest mosque in Algeria after Djamaa Al Djazair.

The mosque is characterized by the height of its two minarets, each of which is 120 meters tall and 64 meters high. It impresses with its magnificent architecture and is one of the artifacts created by the human hand in the present era. Granite and marble were used to construct the university and mosque. It has a Dome and two 107-meter-tall minarets. In 1994, the mosque was finished and opened.

Emir Abdelkader Mosque impress you as soon as you come to it with its elegant decoration, and it contains the largest chandelier in Algeria and aesthetic forms in which Algerians and Arabs were created. Overlooking the four beautiful views, one of the finest neighbour hoods of Constantine, the Villali district, the Central University and Qadour Baumdos district.

The mosque is made up of two prayer halls, a hall for women adjoining a main hall for men. It is arranged around a central patio. Together, the two prayer rooms can accommodate up to 15,000 worshippers.

The upper part of the prayer hall mihrab was carved on site from a single block of marble, dominated by the 107-meter minarets, the dome rises to 64 meters.

In the same complex, on the other side, is the Islamic University. This university consists of three levels. On the ground floor, the central space is occupied by the large conference room above which is the courtyard with its large pool, surrounded by wide corridors in the form of glazed arcades.

References

  1. Davies, Ethel. North Africa: The Roman Coast. p. 215.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_%C3%89mir_Abdelkader

https://www.tunisiepromo.com/guide/algerie/la-mosquee-emir-abd-el-kader-guide-touristique-dalgerie/

Mosque Data

Architect

Moussa Mostafa Moussa

Type

Central

Country

Algeria

Owner/Founder

Year

1994

Area

100000 m2

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Mosque Data

Architect

Moussa Mostafa Moussa

Type

Central

Country

Algeria

Owner/
Founder

Year

1994

Area

100000 m2

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