Algeria Square Mosque

Algeria Square Mosque
Arabic: جامع جمال عبد الناصر
The mosque exterior, in 2010
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Provincetripoli
Regionislam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
StatusActive
Location
LocationAlgeria/Elgazayer Square, Tripoli, Tripolitania
CountryLibya
Location of the mosque in Tripoli
Geographic coordinates32°53′26″N 13°11′9″E / 32.89056°N 13.18583°E / 32.89056; 13.18583
Architecture
Type
StyleRomanesque 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.