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Description
Property Name: Sidi Boumediene Mosque
Inventory No: 213-43-2
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-08-21
Country (State party): Algeria
Province: Tlemcen
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 34° 52′ 39.84″ N
1° 17′ 23.38″ W
Historic Period: 14th century, 1st half
Year of Construction:
Style: Andalusian
Original Use: Mosque, Mausoleum
Current Use: Mosque, Mausoleum
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Sidi Boumediene Complex comprises of the mosque and mausoleum constructed for Sidi Abu Madyan Shuayb ibn al-Hussein al-Ansari, who was a famous Sufi teacher, a scholar and also a poet that lived in 12th century. The complex was built in 14th century by a Fez sultan. The minaret is one of the most notable features of the mosque, decorated with polychrome tiles and brick in Andalusian style.
Selection Criteria
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
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
The mosque and mausoleum complex is in a good state of preservation.
References
Michell, George (ed), Architecture of the Islamic World, Thames & Hudson, London, 1996.