Great Mosque of Brussels

The Great Mosque of Brussels is located in the . Originally built in 1897 as an exhibition attraction, it was transformed into a Muslim place of worship in 1978 by Saudi Arabia, which managed it for forty years.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Brussels, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Grande mosquée de Bruxelles - Grote Moskee van Brussel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pavilion of Human Passions and building Berlaymont.

Museum
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The , also known as the Horta-Lambeaux Pavilion, is a neoclassical pavilion in the of , Belgium.

Public building
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The Berlaymont building is an office building in , Belgium, which houses the headquarters of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union. is situated 380 metres west of Great Mosque of Brussels.

Public building
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The is the seat of the European Council and Council of the European Union, located on the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat in the European Quarter of , Belgium. is situated 510 metres west of Great Mosque of Brussels.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include European Quarter and Squares Quarter.

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The in , is a large office area east of the center which is mostly taken up by the European Union. The district also houses the large Parc de Cinquantenaire and a beautiful, but expensive, residential area on its northern edge.

Neighborhood
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The is a quarter of , Belgium. The district is the northern spur of the European Quarter, located between and the .

Town
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is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the municipalities of , the , , , and .

Great Mosque of Brussels

Latitude
50.84344° or 50° 50′ 36″ north
Longitude
4.38779° or 4° 23′ 16″ east
Operator
Communauté Marocaine
Open location code
9F26R9VQ+94
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23216211
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q1548310
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Great Mosque of Brussels” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المسجد الكبير”
  • Armenian: “Բրյուսելի Մեծ մզկիթ”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ մզկիթ”
  • Chinese: “布鲁塞尔大清真寺”
  • Czech: “Velká mešita”
  • Dutch: “Grote Moskee van Brussel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الكبير”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Moskeo de Bruselo”
  • French: “Grande mosquée de Bruxelles”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée de Bruxelles”
  • French: “mosquée du Cinquantenaire”
  • German: “Große Moschee (Brüssel)”
  • German: “Große Moschee”
  • Hausa: “Babban Masallacin Brussels”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti w’i Buruseli”
  • Korean: “브뤼셀 대 모스크”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Bruxelas”
  • Russian: “Брюссельская соборная мечеть”
  • Russian: “Великая мечеть (Брюссель)”
  • Spanish: “Gran mezquita de bruselas”
  • Spanish: “Gran Mezquita de Bruselas”
  • Tatar: “Брюссель җәмигъ мәчете”
  • Ukrainian: “Брюссельська соборна мечеть”
  • Urdu: “مسجد الکبیر برسلز”

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Highlights include Representation of Campania and Basic-Fit Brussels Schuman.

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