Great Mosque of Algiers
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The Great Mosque of Algiers is one of the oldest and most significant Islamic religious monuments in Algiers, notable for its historic architecture and central role in the city’s religious life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Mosque of Algiers canonical | 1 |
| Great Mosque of Algiers (early phases) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12919294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Mosque of Algiers Context triple: [Djamaa el Kebir, alsoKnownAs, Great Mosque of Algiers]
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A.
Great Mosque of Tunis
The Great Mosque of Tunis, or Al-Zaytuna Mosque, is a historic and influential Islamic religious and educational center in the heart of Tunis, renowned for its ancient origins and role in North African scholarship.
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B.
Ketchaoua Mosque
Ketchaoua Mosque is a historic Ottoman-era mosque in Algiers, Algeria, renowned for its distinctive blend of Islamic and Moorish architectural styles and its prominent location at the foot of the Casbah.
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C.
Great Mosque of Mahdia
The Great Mosque of Mahdia is a historic Fatimid-era congregational mosque in the coastal Tunisian city of Mahdia, renowned for its fortress-like architecture and significance in early Islamic North African history.
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D.
Great Mosque of Salé
The Great Mosque of Salé is a historic and prominent congregational mosque in the Moroccan city of Salé, renowned for its traditional Islamic architecture and role as a major religious center in the old medina.
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E.
Great Mosque of Qairawan
The Great Mosque of Qairawan is one of the oldest and most important mosques in the Islamic world, renowned as a major center of religious scholarship and a masterpiece of early Islamic architecture in North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Mosque of Algiers Target entity description: The Great Mosque of Algiers is one of the oldest and most significant Islamic religious monuments in Algiers, notable for its historic architecture and central role in the city’s religious life.
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A.
Great Mosque of Tunis
The Great Mosque of Tunis, or Al-Zaytuna Mosque, is a historic and influential Islamic religious and educational center in the heart of Tunis, renowned for its ancient origins and role in North African scholarship.
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B.
Ketchaoua Mosque
Ketchaoua Mosque is a historic Ottoman-era mosque in Algiers, Algeria, renowned for its distinctive blend of Islamic and Moorish architectural styles and its prominent location at the foot of the Casbah.
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C.
Great Mosque of Mahdia
The Great Mosque of Mahdia is a historic Fatimid-era congregational mosque in the coastal Tunisian city of Mahdia, renowned for its fortress-like architecture and significance in early Islamic North African history.
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D.
Great Mosque of Salé
The Great Mosque of Salé is a historic and prominent congregational mosque in the Moroccan city of Salé, renowned for its traditional Islamic architecture and role as a major religious center in the old medina.
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E.
Great Mosque of Qairawan
The Great Mosque of Qairawan is one of the oldest and most important mosques in the Islamic world, renowned as a major center of religious scholarship and a masterpiece of early Islamic architecture in North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic monument
ⓘ
mosque ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Almohad architecture
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Islamic architecture ⓘ |
| city | Algiers ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 36.785°N 3.061°E ⓘ |
| country | Algeria ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Islamic heritage in Algiers ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| floorCount | 1 ⓘ |
| follows | traditional hypostyle mosque plan ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Almoravid dynasty ⓘ |
| hasCapacity | large congregation ⓘ |
| hasMinaretShape | square minaret ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arcades
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courtyard ⓘ mihrab ⓘ minaret ⓘ minbar ⓘ prayer hall ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| heritageSiteOf |
Casbah of Algiers
ⓘ
linked to:
Casbah
|
| heritageStatus | protected historic site ⓘ |
| inception | 11th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Algiers
ⓘ
Casbah of Algiers ⓘ
linked to:
Casbah
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Algiers waterfront
ⓘ
linked to:
Bay of Algiers
|
| materialUsed |
plaster
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stone ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | ar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
central role in religious life of Algiers
ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfWorship | Arabic ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roofType | tiled roof ⓘ |
| significance |
major religious center of Algiers
ⓘ
one of the oldest mosques in Algiers ⓘ |
| significantBuildingIn | Algiers ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| use |
Friday prayers
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congregational prayers ⓘ religious education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Mosque of Algiers Description of subject: The Great Mosque of Algiers is one of the oldest and most significant Islamic religious monuments in Algiers, notable for its historic architecture and central role in the city’s religious life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Great Mosque of Algiers