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Tripoli Cathedral | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Mosque |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Tripoli, Libya |
Geographic coordinates | 32°53′26″N 13°11′9″E / 32.89056°N 13.18583°E |
Architecture | |
Type | church |
Style | Romanesque |
Groundbreaking | 1928 |
Algeria Square Mosque or Jamal Abdul Nasser Mosque (Arabic: جامع جمال عبد الناصر), formerly Tripoli Cathedral (Italian: La Cattedrale di Tripoli; Arabic: كاتدرائية طرابلس), is a mosque and former Roman Catholic church located in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. It is situated on the Algeria/Elgazayer Square (Maidan al Jazair/Maydan elgazayer) then Piazza della Cattedrale[1] in the city centre.
It was constructed as a cathedral in the 1920s during the Italian Libya colonial era, and converted into a mosque in 1970,[2] with the St. Francis Pro-Cathedral now serving as temporary cathedral for the Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli.