Djamaa el Djazaïr

Jemma Al Djazair
General information
Status Under construction
Type Mosque
Architectural style Islamic architecture,
Al-Andalus architecture,
Modern architecture.
Location Algiers, Algeria
Coordinates 36°44′06″N 3°08′36″E / 36.73500°N 3.14333°E / 36.73500; 3.14333 (Jemma Al Djazair)Coordinates: 36°44′06″N 3°08′36″E / 36.73500°N 3.14333°E / 36.73500; 3.14333 (Jemma Al Djazair)
Construction started 16 August 2012
Completed 2019
Owner Ministry of Religious Affairs
Height
Roof 270 metres (890 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 37
Design and construction
Architect China State Construction Engineering, KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten, Krebs und Kiefer, Dessau, Socotec, EGIS.
Website
www.marw.dz

Jemma Al Djazair or Algeria Mosque (Arabic: جامع الجزائر‎, translit. Jāmā' el Jazā'ir, French: Grande mosquée d'Alger) is a mosque under construction in Algiers, Algeria. When completed, it will have the tallest minaret and be the third largest mosque in the world after the Great Mosque of Mecca and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi of Medina in Saudi Arabia.[1][2][3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "La Grande Mosquée d'Alger" (PDF). kuk.de. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Djamaâ el Djazaïr". djamaa-el-djazair.com. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "World's tallest mega-mosque being built in Algeria". RT English. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  4. ↑ "New Great Mosque of Algiers to Elevate African Continent". ctbuh. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  5. ↑ "New Great Mosque Of Algiers To Become Tallest Tower In Africa | News Ghana". www.spyghana.com. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
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