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Granada Mosque
Spanish: Mezquita de Granada
The mosque in 2016
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Granada, Andalusia
Country	Spain
Location of the mosque in Andalusia
Geographic coordinates	37°10′53.1″N 3°35′31.2″W / 37.181417°N 3.592000°W / 37.181417; -3.592000
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Date established	c. 1980s (as a community)
Groundbreaking	c. 1997
Completed	2003
Website
mezquitadegranada.com (in Spanish)

The Granada Mosque (Spanish: Mezquita de Granada) is a Sunni Islam mosque, located adjacent to the Plaza San Nicholas in the Albaicin district of Granada, Spain. It was the first mosque built in the city since 1492, when the conquest of Granada by Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon concluded the reconquest of Spain by the Catholic Monarchs. Funded mainly by overseas donations, and local support, the mosque was opened in 2003.

History

The construction of the mosque was started by the local Muslim community in the 1980s. Fundraising, particularly from abroad, and with local support, took many years and construction did not begin until the late 1990s, with financial support from Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, the Emir of Sharjah and King Hassan II of Morocco. The mosque opened in the summer of 2003. The mosque holds five daily prayers and Friday prayers. It also holds daily recitation and study of the Quran.

Architecture

The mosque building is designed with traditional Muslim motifs. The building complex consists of a prayer hall, a garden and an Islamic studies centre with a library, conference hall, exhibition area, bookshop and reception area.

See also

• Islam in Spain
• List of mosques in Spain

References

1. Erözden, Can (27 May 2018). "Spain: Granada mosque attracting Muslims in Ramadan". AA. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
2. "Granada gets new mosque after 600 years". Al Jazeera Media Network. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
3. ^ "Mosque of Granada". Granada. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
4. "The Mosque". Fundación Mezquita de Granada. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

External links

Media related to Mezquita Mayor de Granada at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Spanish)

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