The Associated
Press reports that the mosque was inaugurated on Sunday by Algerian President,
Abdelmajid Tebboune.
According to the
AP, ‘the Great Mosque of Algiers’ was constructed by a Chinese construction
company over the course of the 2010s.
The mosque is said
to feature the tallest minaret globally, standing at 265 metres (869ft).
It is reported to
be the third-largest mosque globally, the largest in Africa, and the biggest
outside Islam’s holiest cities, with a prayer room that can contain 120,000
people.
The Great Mosque of
Algiers’ also features a helicopter landing pad and a library capable of accommodating
up to one million books.
In addition to its massive size, the mosque gained attention for the numerous delays and disputes that marked its seven-year construction period, particularly the selection of a site that experts cautioned was prone to seismic activity.