🕌 Djamaa el Djazaïr (Great Mosque of Algiers)
Algeria
About This Sacred Site
Djamaa el Djazaïr, the Great Mosque of Algiers, is the third-largest mosque in the world and the largest in Africa. Completed in 2019 on the Bay of Algiers, its minaret rises 265 meters, making it the tallest minaret in the world. The mosque complex includes a Quran school, a library, a museum, and vast prayer halls that can accommodate 120,000 worshippers. It represents Algeria's Islamic heritage and the country's aspirations as a center of Islamic learning and culture.
Key Facts
- •The third-largest mosque in the world by capacity (120,000 worshippers)
- •Its 265-meter minaret is the tallest in the world
- •Completed in 2019 after over a decade of construction
- •Designed to withstand magnitude 9 earthquakes
- •The complex includes a 2,000-seat Quran school, a library, and a museum of Islamic art
Location
Coordinates: 36.7484, 3.0643
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