- Grand Mosque of Évry
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The Grand Mosque of Évry, France.
Grand Mosque of Évry Basic information Location Évry, France Geographic coordinates 48°37′34″N 2°25′18″E / 48.6259878°N 2.4217987°ECoordinates: 48°37′34″N 2°25′18″E / 48.6259878°N 2.4217987°E Affiliation Islam Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque Status Active Leadership Imam ... Website mosquee-evry Architectural description Architectural type Mosque Architectural style Islamic Completed 1991 Construction cost $.. million Specifications Capacity ... (inside) Minaret(s) 1 With its minaret, the Grand Mosque of Évry, in Évry, France, is one of the largest mosques in Europe, exceeded in size only by the Mosque of Rome and by the Ahmadi Mosque in London. A cultural center is associated with the building.
A process was initiated in the early 1980s to collect funds to build the mosque in Évry. The modest results of this effort led to a search for additional funding from the Gulf states. The Saudi Sheikh Akram Aadja saw that the financing was completed. The first stone was laid in 1984, and construction work began in 1985. Interior decoration was funded by the Hassan II Foundation.
The mosque opened ten years later, in 1995, the same year as the Cathédrale d'Évry. It was the work of the architect Henri Baudot, who has constructed several buildings in Algeria and Tunisia.
References
- This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.
External links
- Mosque web-site (French)
Great Mosque of Paris • Great Mosque of Lyon • Great Mosque of Évry • Sunna Mosque of Besançon • Great Mosque of Poitiers • Bilal Mosque of Mulhouse • Great Mosque of Strasbourg • Khalid Ibn El Walid Mosque of Paris • Uthman Mosque of Villeurbanne
Category – Islam in France – Mosques by countryCategories:- Mosques in France
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