Great Mosque of Asmara built

1938 CE.

Shown on the map at 15.339°, 38.942°.

The Great Mosque of Asmara; also known as Al Kulafah Al Rashidan, Al Kulafah Al Rashidin, Al Kuaka Al Rashidin or Al Khulafa Al Rashiudin (Arabic: جَامِع ٱلْخُلَفَاء ٱلرَّاشِدِيْن, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-Khulafāʾ ar-Rāshidīn, lit. 'Mosque of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs'); is a mosque located in the center of Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea. It is considered one of the three prominent edifices of the city, along with Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and Enda Mariam Coptic Cathedral. Designed by Guido Ferrazza, it was built in 1938 on the initiative of Benito Mussolini, to impress the Muslim population, who comprise approximately half of the local population. The Arabic phrase al-Khulafā’ ar-Rāshidīn can mean "followers of the right path". The mosque is located within Asmara City that, in 2017, became the first modernist city to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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