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.[1]
| Lalla Abla Mosque | |
|---|---|
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 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | mosque |
| Date established | 2017 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 1,900 worshippers |
| Site area | 5,712 m2 |
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.[2]
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.[3] It can host over 1,900 worshippers, in two separate prayer halls for men and women.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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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