Sidi Boumediene Mosque built

1339 CE.

Shown on the map at 34.878°, -1.290°.

The Sidi Boumediene Mosque (Arabic: مسجد شعيب أبو مدين) is a Sunni mosque and associated religious complex located in Tlemcen, Algeria. The complex comprises a mosque, madrasa and mausoleum dedicated to the influential Sufi saint Abu Madyan. Abu Madyan was hailed from Seville and contributed greatly to the spread of tasawwuf in the Maghreb region.

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