Mosque of the Bois de Vincennes
mosque located in Paris, in France
Key facts
- Built
- 1916
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Overview
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The Mosque of the Bois de Vincennes, also known as the Mosque of the Colonial Garden Hospital or the Nogent Mosque, stood in the grounds of the Bois de Vincennes in greater Paris. It no longer exists. Built in early 1916, it served Muslim soldiers who had come to France during the First World War and was also conceived as a counterpropaganda project. It is described as the first mosque built on mainland France since the Umayyad conquest of Gaul in the eighth century.
History
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The mosque was constructed in early 1916, while the First World War was under way, on the grounds of the Bois de Vincennes. It was intended to serve Muslim soldiers who had arrived in France, and the project is also regarded as a counterpropaganda effort.
The building was demolished some years after the end of the war.
From Wikipedia
The Mosque of the Bois de Vincennes (French: Mosquée du Bois de Vincennes), also known as the Mosque of the Colonial Garden Hospital or Nogent Mosque, was a former Islamic mosque, located in the grounds of the Bois de Vincennes, in greater Paris, France. It was the first mosque built on the French mainland since the Umayyad invasion of Gaul in the 8th century and the conversion of the Toulon Cathedral by the Ottomans.
The mosque was constructed in early 1916 on the grounds of the Bois de Vincennes, as a counterpropaganda project and to serve some of the Muslim soldiers who came to France during World War I. The mosque was destroyed just four years later, in 1920.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque_of_the_Bois_de_Vincennes
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_du_bois_de_Vincennes
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%AF%DB%92_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86