Great Mosque of Béjaïa
Mosque in Algeria
Key facts
- Built
- 1100
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Overview
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The Great Mosque of Béjaïa is described as a historic mosque in the kasbah of the city of Béjaïa, Algeria. It is also known as the Great Mosque of Bejaia or the Al-Mansuriyah Mosque. It was built under the Hammadid Emirate around 1100, during the reign of Al-Mansur ibn al-Nasir. Sources present it as a major mosque of the city in its day, but it is described as destroyed and no longer standing.
History
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The mosque was built under the Hammadid Emirate around the year 1100, during the reign of Al-Mansur ibn al-Nasir.
After the Spanish took Béjaïa in 1510, they destroyed the mosque.
From Wikipedia
The Great Mosque of Bejaia (Arabic: الجامع الكبير بجاية, romanized: el-Jemaa al-Kabīr libéjaïa) or Al-Mansuriyah Mosque (Arabic: جامع المنصورية, romanized: el-Jemaa al-Mansuriyah) was a major historical mosque in Béjaïa, Algeria. It was built during the Hammadid Emirate around the year 1100 CE, under the reign of Al-Mansur ibn al-Nasir. The mosque was destroyed by the Spanish after they took the city in 1510.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_mosqu%C3%A9e_de_B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Agung_B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%81_%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85