Lalla Abla Mosque | |
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مسجد للا عبلة | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Municipality | Tangier |
Country | Morocco |
Shown within Morocco | |
Geographic coordinates | 35°47′22″N 5°48′25″W / 35.78946°N 5.80700°W / 35.78946; -5.80700 |
Architecture | |
Type | mosque |
Date established | 2017 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 1,900 worshippers |
Site area | 5,712 m |
The Lalla Abla Mosque (Arabic: مسجد للا عبلة), also known as Port Mosque, is a mosque in Tangier, Morocco, completed in 2017 and dedicated by King Mohammed VI in July 2018. It replaced a smaller mosque on a nearby location, also known as the Port Mosque.
It is named after Mohammed VI's grandmother Lalla Abla bint Tahar, echoing the dedication 35 years earlier of Tangier's Mohammed V Mosque to Lalla Abla's husband and Mohammed VI's grandfather.
The mosque occupies a 5,712 square meters land lot, in a prominent location on Tangier's fishing port that was inaugurated by Mohammed VI a few weeks earlier in June 2018. It can host over 1,900 worshippers, in two separate prayer halls for men and women.
See also
References
- "Princess Lalla 'Abla's Mosque - Tangier, Morocco". Archnet.
- "Tanger : une mosquée à la mémoire de Mohammed V". Aujourd'hui Le Maroc. 20 October 2006.
- "King Mohammed VI Inaugurates 'Princess Lalla Abla' Mosque in Tangier". Morocco World News. 31 July 2018.
- "Réception de la fête du Trône: voici les personnalités reçues au Palais Marchane à Tanger". Malijet. 4 August 2018.
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