Al-Omari Grand Mosque
| Al-Omari Grand Mosque | |
|---|---|
Arabic: المسجد العمري الكبير | |
The mosque in 2008 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status |
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| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Central District, Beirut |
| Country | Lebanon |
Location of the mosque in Beirut | |
| Coordinates | 33°53′51″N 35°30′19″E / 33.8976°N 35.5052°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Youssef Haidar (2004) |
| Type | |
| Style | |
| Established | 1291 (as an Islamic community) |
| Groundbreaking | 1113 (as a church) |
| Completed |
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| Specifications | |
| Dome | Three (estimate) |
| Minaret | Two |
The Al-Omari Grand Mosque (Arabic: المسجد العمري الكبير), known as Jami' Al-Kabir, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in the central district of Beirut, in Lebanon.
The building has been a place of worship including its original use as a Roman temple, and subsequently as a Roman church during the Byzantine era, it was re-built in 635 ACE during the reign of Islam's second caliph, Umar Bin El Khattab and named in his honor, this mosque was eventually conquered and converted into a Crusader church, before Beirut was conquered by Mamluk Egypt and it was re-converted into a mosque.