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Mosul Grand Mosque | |
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Arabic: جامع الموصل الكبير | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Rite | Sunni Islam |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
Status | Closed construction ongoing[1] |
Location | |
Location | Mosul, Iraq |
Location in Iraq | |
Geographic coordinates | 36°21′28″N 43°08′30″E / 36.3577°N 43.1417°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Umayyad architecture |
Date established | c. 1985 |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | 10 |
Minaret(s) | 2 |
The Mosul Grand Mosque (Arabic: جامع الموصل الكبير) is an incomplete Sunni Islamic mosque located in Mosul, Iraq. The mosque is situated in the Taqafah district bordering the Tigris river near the Nineveh archeological site. Its construction started during the Saddam Hussein rule, but works were interrupted because of the political instability in the country and it remains incomplete to this day.