Al-Omari Grand Mosque

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Al-Omari Grand Mosque is a historic and prominent mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, known for its Mamluk-era architecture and origins as a Crusader church later converted into an Islamic place of worship.

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Label Occurrences
Al-Omari Grand Mosque canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic monument ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alternativeName Great Omari Mosque ⓘ
Jami al-Omari al-Kabir ⓘ
architecturalFeature courtyard ⓘ
pointed arches ⓘ
prayer hall ⓘ
stone minaret ⓘ
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture ⓘ
Mamluk architecture ⓘ
city Beirut ⓘ
conversionPeriod Mamluk era ⓘ
convertedTo mosque ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
culturalContext Arab-Islamic heritage of Beirut ⓘ
damagedDuring Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
eraOfMajorDevelopment Mamluk period ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
facingDirection qibla ⓘ
function community gathering place ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
hasFeature domed elements ⓘ
mihrab ⓘ
minbar ⓘ
heritageStatus historic mosque of Beirut ⓘ
historicalLayer Crusader period ⓘ
Mamluk period ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
modern Lebanese period ⓘ
locatedIn Beirut Central District ⓘ
Downtown Beirut ⓘ
Mediterranean coastal area of Beirut ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
name Al-Omari Grand Mosque ⓘ
namedAfter Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ
linked to: Umar ibn al-Khattab
near Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
originalDenomination Christianity ⓘ
originalFunction Crusader church ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
restoredAfter Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
significance major landmark of Beirut city center ⓘ
one of the oldest mosques in Beirut ⓘ
usedFor Friday congregational prayers ⓘ
daily prayers ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Omari Mosque → hasAlternativeName → Al-Omari Grand Mosque ⓘ
Al-Omari Grand Mosque → name → Al-Omari Grand Mosque ⓘ