El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque
Also known as: El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque
mosque in Egypt
Key facts
- Built
- 1307
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Overview
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The El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque stands in Alexandria, Egypt, and contains the tomb of Abu l-Abbas al-Mursi, who was born in Murcia in 1219 and died in Alexandria in 1286. It is one of the main landmarks of the Abu al-Abbas area in the city's Bahari district and is recognised by its distinctively shaped domes. Locals often call it "Jami' al-Mursi Abu al-Abbas". It is described as one of the oldest and best-known mosques of Alexandria. The present structure was designed by the Italian architects Eugenio Valzania and Mario Rossi.
History
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The first mosque, dated 1307 in our record, was built beside al-Mursi's tomb by a wealthy merchant of Alexandria.
In 1927 the Ministry of Religious Endowments decided to demolish the old mosque and replace it with a new one. Construction of the new building, to the designs of Eugenio Valzania and Mario Rossi, began in 1929 and was completed in 1945.
From Wikipedia
The Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque (Arabic: جامع أبو العباس المرسي, romanized: Jami' Abu al-'Abbas al-Mursi) is a mosque, mausoleum, and Sufi shrine, located in the Anfoushi neighbourhood of Alexandria, on the north coast of Egypt. The 13th-century mosque is named in honour of Abu'l Abbas al-Mursi, a 13th-century mystic, who is also buried in the same place along with members of the Ashraf family.
The mosque is located adjacent to both the Al-Busiri Mosque and the Sidi Yaqut Al-Arsh Mosque, and all three mosques facing the same central sahn.
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