Muhammad al-Amin Mosque

The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, also referred to as the Blue Mosque, is a Sunni , 72 m high, minarets´ roof of 65 m high and main dome spire of 48 m high and its roof 42 m, is located in downtown , Lebanon.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: Muslim mosque
  • Also known as: “Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque” and “جامع الحريري”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St George Maronite Cathedral and Saint George Orthodox Cathedral.

Church
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Saint George Maronite Cathedral is the cathedral of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut, located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Constructed between 1884 and 1894 under Archbishop Joseph Debs, the cathedral stands on the site of an earlier 18th-century church dedicated to Saint George.

Church
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Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral is the seat of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and its dependencies. is situated 150 metres northwest of Muhammad al-Amin Mosque.

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, or the Dome, is an unfinished cinema building in Beirut, Lebanon. Its construction began in 1965 but was interrupted with the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975 and the horse-shoe shaped dome that remains today is now a landmark in Beirut. is situated 200 metres south of Muhammad al-Amin Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Beirut and Bab Idriss Square.

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is the central district of Beirut, with its outdoor cafes restaurants and high end designer stores. The inner area around Nejmeh Square is pedestrian-only. is to its east, while , , Manara and to its west.

Locality
is a square in downtown , .

Neighborhood
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is the former Jewish quarter in , , located in .

Muhammad al-Amin Mosque

Latitude
33.89527° or 33° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
35.50603° or 35° 30′ 22″ east
Height
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
8G5QVGW4+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 201251194
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q1942724
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Muhammad al-Amin Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع محمد الأمين”
  • Arabic: “مسجد محمد الأمين”
  • Bengali: “মুহাম্মদ আল-আমিন মসজিদ”
  • Chinese: “穆罕默德·阿明清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque”
  • Dutch: “Mohammad al-Amin-moskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع محمد الامين”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo Mohammad Al-Amin”
  • French: “mosquée Mohammed al-Amine”
  • French: “Mosquée Mohammed al-Amine”
  • French: “Mosquée Mouhammad al-Amin”
  • Fulah: “Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque”
  • German: “Mohammed-al-Amin-Moschee”
  • German: “Muhammad-al-Amin-Moschee”
  • Greek: “Τζαμί Μοχάμαντ Αλ-Αμίν”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Mohammad Al-Amin”
  • Italian: “Moschea Mohammad al-Amin”
  • Italian: “Moschea Mohammad Al-Amin”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Mohammad Al-Amin”
  • Malay: “Masjid Mohammad al-Amin”
  • Persian: “مسجد محمد الامین”
  • Persian: “مسجد محمد امین”
  • Persian: “مسجد محمدالامین”
  • Slovenian: “Mošeja Mohameda Al-Amina”
  • Swedish: “Mohammad al-Amin-moskén”
  • Tatar: “Мөхәммәт Әл-Әмин мәчете”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดมุฮัมมัด อัลอะมีน”
  • Urdu: “جامع محمد امین”
  • Uzbek: “Muhammad al-Amin masjidi (Bayrut)”
  • Uzbek: “Muhammad al-Amin masjidi”

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