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Description
Property Name: Grand Mosque of Algiers
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: –
Country (State party): Algeria
Province: Algiers
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 36°47’6.97″N
3° 3’50.95″E
Historic Period: 11th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1097
Style: Almoravid
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The Great Mosque of Algiers, located in the historic Kasbah area of the city, and close to the Algiers Harbor, The mosque dated back to 1097, with the minaret constructed 1330s, and the interior court on the outside of the mosque built in 1940. It is one of the significant example of the Almoravid architecture in the country, and it is counted as one of the oldest mosques in the country.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
There is no definite information about the restoration of this mosque. But it is in very good condition and open to Prayer.
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