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Mosque of Ahmad al-Qaramanli in Tripoli (1736–1738). The Ottomans conquered Tripoli in 1551 and made it the capital of a province roughly corresponding to modern-day Libya. . The first Ottoman governor, known as Dragut or Darghut (d. 1565), repaired and redeveloped the city's fortifications, giving the old city the roughly pentagonal shape it has tod
The Sidi Darghut Mosque was the first Ottoman style mosque to be built in Tripoli. The building has a T-shaped prayer hall, with a plan bearing some similarities to mosques found in Anatolia . The Hospitaller church was a small rectangular building with timber beams supporting a flat roof, and when it was converted into a mosque new wings were ...
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.
The Gurgi Mosque (Arabic: جامع قرجي) is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Tripoli, Libya. The mosque lies in the heart of old Tripoli (the Medina ) as part of a complex of historic buildings. The mosque is an important tourist attraction, as is the area as a whole; nearby is the Roman Arch of Marcus Aurelius .
The As-Sahabah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الصحابة) is a Sunni Islam mosque and adjacent cemetery, located at the Maydan Al-Sahaba Square in the city of Derna, Libya. [1] [2] The mosque was built in the 1970s on the site of a 7th-century cemetery containing the graves of the Sahaba who were slain by the Byzantine armies during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. [2]
The Atiq Mosque (Arabic: المسجد العتيق, romanized: Al Masjid al ‘Aţīq), also known as Al-Jami al-Kabir (the Great Mosque), is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Benghazi, Libya. It is one of the oldest and best known in the city. The mosque forms the north side of Freedom Square.
The Atiq Mosque (Arabic: المسجد العتيق, lit. 'old mosque') is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in the oasis village of Awjila, in the Sahara desert of the Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya. The mosque is located in the old city area of Awjila. [1] It dates from the 12th century and has unusual conical domes made of mudbrick and ...
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks As-Sahabah Mosque: Derna: 1975 Attached to the mosque is a cemetery containing the tombs of seventy martyrs who participated in the Battle of Mamma in 688. Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque: Tobruk: Atiq Mosque: Benghazi: early 15th century [1] Atiq Mosque, Awjila: Awjila: 12th century Bayat al-Ridwan (بيعة ...