Djamaa El Djazaïr
Mohammedia, Algeria · built 2019
The Djamaa el Djazaïr, also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers, is a large mosque located in Mohammadia, in the Dar El Beïda District of Algiers, Algeria. Opened in April 2019, it houses the world's tallest minaret that is 265 metres (869 ft) high, and is the third-largest mosque in the world after the Great Mosque of Mecca and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi of Medina in Saudi Arabia. The mosque features a prayer hall (salat) with an area of 22,000 square metres (240, 000 sq ft), capable of accommodating 120,000 worshippers. The central nave of this hall is surrounded by colonnades, with the mihrab located to the east, made of white marble. The hall is topped by a dome with a diameter of 50 metres (160 ft), reaching a height of 70 metres (230 ft).
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