NW Iraq
Nineveh Governorate
Mosul

Great Mosque of al-Nuri

The Great Mosque of al-Nuri, also known as the Nouri Mosque, is a Sunni in , in the of , famous for its leaning minaret, which gave the city its nickname "the hunchback".
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Our Lady of the Hour Church and Mart Meskinta Chaldean Church.

Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The also known as the name of the Latin Church, is a Catholic church in the centre of , in northern . Built in the 1870s by the Dominican Fathers, it was especially famous for its bell donated by the Empress Eugenia de Montijo, for which it was sometimes called the Clock Church. is situated 240 metres south of Great Mosque of al-Nuri.

Church
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Mart Meskinta Church, also known as Mart Meskanta, Mart Miskinta, Mart Meskanta, and Saint Meskinta Chaldean Church, is a historic Chaldean Catholic church located in , . is situated 500 metres south of Great Mosque of al-Nuri.

Railway station
Photo: الدبوني, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1½ km south of Great Mosque of al-Nuri.

Great Mosque of al-Nuri

Latitude
36.34274° or 36° 20′ 34″ north
Longitude
43.12677° or 43° 7′ 36″ east
Open location code
8H8584VG+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 468118902
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q5599605
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Great Mosque of al-Nuri” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجامع الكبير النوري”
  • Arabic: “الجامع النوري في الموصل”
  • Arabic: “جامع النوري في الموصل”
  • Arabic: “مئذنة الحدباء”
  • Arabic: “منارة الحدباء”
  • Armenian: “Ան Նուրի մզկիթ”
  • Armenian: “Ան-Նուրի մզկիթ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əyri minarə”
  • Bashkir: “Ән-Нури йәмиғ мәсете”
  • Breton: “Moskeenn veur al-Nouri”
  • Catalan: “Gran Mesquita d’Al-Nuri”
  • Chinese: “Al-Nuri ê Tōa Chheng-chin-sī”
  • Chinese: “努爾大清真寺”
  • Chinese: “努裡清真寺”
  • Chinese: “努里清真寺”
  • Czech: “Velká mešita an-Núrí”
  • Dutch: “al-Nuri-moskee”
  • Dutch: “Al-Nuri-moskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع النورى”
  • Finnish: “Al-Nurin moskeija”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée al-Nouri”
  • French: “Grande mosquée d’al-Nuri”
  • German: “Große Moschee des an-Nuri”
  • German: “Große Moschee von al-Nuri”
  • German: “جامع النوري”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד א-נורי”
  • Hindi: “महान अल-नूरी मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Agung al-Nuri”
  • Italian: “Grande moschea di Al Nuri”
  • Italian: “Grande moschea di al-Nuri”
  • Italian: “Grande Moschea di al-Nuri”
  • Japanese: “ヌーリー・モスク”
  • Japanese: “光のモスク”
  • Malay: “Masjid Besar al-Nuri”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Al-Nuri ê Tōa Chheng-chin-sī”
  • Persian: “مسجد جامع نوری”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Al-Nuri”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Nuri”
  • Russian: “Соборная мечеть ан-Нури”
  • Sinhala: “අල්-නූරි ප්‍රධාන මුස්ලිම් දේවස්ථානය”
  • Slovenian: “Velika mošeja Al Nuri, Mosul”
  • Spanish: “Gran mezquita de al Nuri”
  • Swedish: “Al-Nurimoskén”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดใหญ่อันนูรี (โมซูล)”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดใหญ่อันนูรี”
  • Turkish: “Musul Ulu Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика мечеть Аль-Нурі”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика мечеть Ан-Нурі”
  • Urdu: “جامع کبیر نوری”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại giáo đường Hồi giáo al-Nuri”

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