Algeria Square Mosque

Algeria Square Mosque
Arabic: جامع جمال عبد الناصر
The mosque exterior, in 2010
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque (since 1970s) Cathedral (1928–1970s)
Status	Active
Location
Location	Algeria/Elgazayer Square, Tripoli, Tripolitania
Country	Libya
Location of the mosque in Tripoli
Geographic coordinates	32°53′26″N 13°11′9″E / 32.89056°N 13.18583°E / 32.89056; 13.18583
Architecture
Type	Church architecture Mosque architecture
Style	Romanesque Revival
Completed	1928 (as a church) c. 1970s (as a mosque)
Specifications
Dome(s)	One
Dome height (outer)	46 m (151 ft)

The Algeria Square Mosque, or Jamal Abdul Nasser Mosque (Arabic: جامع جمال عبد الناصر), is a mosque located on Algeria/Elgazayer Square (Maidan al Jazair/Maydan elgazayer) in the city centre of Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Completed as the Tripoli Cathedral in the 1920s during the Italian Libya colonial era, the building was repurposed as the mosque in c. 1970.^[1]

In July 1970, after the rise to power of Muammar Gaddafi, the Revolutionary Council ordered the confiscation of all Italian and church property. In September of the same year, the Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi was expelled and the cathedral was closed.^[2]

The cathedral was subsequently transformed into a mosque, called the Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque or Algeria Square Mosque.^[3] Due to the controversial nature of this information, and due to intentional Historical negationism by the Gaddafi regime and its unreliable sources, the official conversion may have begun later with certain parts of the cathedral changed, and then fully, and visibly completed on the exterior circa late 1990–2000. The cathedral was renamed "as Jamal Abdul Nasser Mosque" and is currently being used as a place of worship.

The former cathedral retains its overall shape, with the main basilica and separate bell tower (campanile) shape. However, the façade of the building and the interior have undergone major changes.

As of 2020^[update], the mosque was open to public and can be visited.

• History of Islam in Libya
• List of mosques in Libya

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