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Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque

Sri Lanka · built 1909

Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque (Sinhala:, romanized: Kolomba Kotuwa Rathu Palliya, Tamil:, romanized: Sammankodu Pallivasal, (known colloquially as the Samman Kottu Palli, Rathu Palliya, Red Masjid or the Red Mosque) is a historic mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is located on Second Cross Street in Pettah. It is one of the oldest mosques in Colombo and a popular tourist site in the city.

Mosque data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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