Al-Omari Grand Mosque
Beirut, Lebanon
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The Al-Omari Grand Mosque, also known as Jami' Al-Kabir, is a Sunni mosque in Beirut's central district, Lebanon, with Romanesque architecture. The building began as a Roman temple and later served as a Roman church in the Byzantine era. It was rebuilt in 635 under the second caliph, Umar bin al-Khattab, who gave it his name. It was later converted into a Crusader church, and after Mamluk Egypt conquered Beirut it was reconverted into a mosque.
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- mosque
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- Beirut, Lebanon
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