Lalla Abla Mosque
mosque in Tangier, Morocco
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Overview
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The Lalla Abla Mosque, also known as the Port Mosque, is a mosque in Tangier, Morocco. It stands at the end of Mohammed VI Avenue, next to the city's fishing port and close to the maritime terminal of the Port of Tangier. The mosque occupies a plot of about 5,712 square metres. It has two separate prayer halls, one for men and one for women, and can accommodate roughly 1,900 worshippers. The complex also includes two residences for the imam and the muezzin, as well as shops, and a forecourt of about 2,720 square metres lies in front of it. It is named after Lalla Abla bint Tahar, the grandmother of King Mohammed VI.
History
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The mosque was built to replace a smaller mosque that was also known as the Port Mosque. Construction was completed in 2017, and King Mohammed VI dedicated the building in July 2018. According to the Arabic source, the project cost about 26 million Moroccan dirhams.
The name honours the king's grandmother, Lalla Abla bint Tahar. It echoes the dedication, some 35 years earlier, of Tangier's Mohammed V Mosque to her husband, the king's grandfather.
From Wikipedia
The Lalla Abla Mosque (Arabic: مسجد للا عبلة), also known as the 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 at 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 her husband, Mohammed VI's grandfather.
The mosque occupies a 5,712 square-meter plot of land, 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.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A9
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla_Abla_Mosque
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_Lalla-Abla
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