Mansourah_Mosque

Mansourah Mosque

Mansourah Mosque

Mosque in Tlemcen, Algeria

Mansourah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد المنصورة) is a ruined historic mosque in the city of Mansourah, Algeria, dates back to the Marinid dynasty. It consists of a part of the Mansourah Castle. The excavation has revealed regarding the design of the mosque that it was built by the Sultan Abu Yakub in 1303, and the decoration of the main gate was done by Abu al-Hassan in 1336. Inside the yard there are 13 doors which surrounded by the wall, and a sahn with a fountain in the middle. The sahn is surrounded by three corridors, of which employ similar tilework with the prayer hall. The prayer hall is connected directly to the sahn and contains tilework similar to the qibla wall, the design which can be observed as well on the 13th-century Baybars Mosque in Samarra.[1][2] The main entrance to the mosque leads to the iconic minaret as well, which is square-shaped, inspired by the minarets built by the previous dynasties in North Africa and Iberia, and reaches 38 meters.[2]

Quick Facts Location, Architecture ...
  • Close-up of the minaret
  • Mosque wall
  • Outer castle wall

See also

References

  1. [1]
    الشاهد الذي تحدى الزمن Archived 2018-01-07 at the Wayback Machine. الشرق اليومي. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  2. [2]
    مسجد المنصورة Archived 2018-01-07 at the Wayback Machine. Saaih. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Old mosque of Mansourah.


Stub icon

This article about a mosque or other Islamic place of worship in Algeria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Mansourah_Mosque, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.