Mosul Grand Mosque, Mosul

Name: Mosul Grand Mosque
Address: Mosul, Iraq

#8 among attractions in Mosul

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The Mosul Grand Mosque is an incomplete Sunni Islamic mosque located in Mosul, Iraq. The mosque is situated in the Taqafah district bordering the Tigris river near the Nineveh archeological site. Its construction started during the Saddam Hussein regime, but works were interrupted because of the political instability in the country and it remains incomplete to this day. ()

Local name: جامع الموصل الكبير Coordinates: 36°21'27"N, 43°8'29"E

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Mosul Grand Mosque – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nineveh, Al-Tahera Church, Mosques and shrines of Mosul, Our Lady of the Hour Church.

1.2 miE
City, Archaeological site
Nineveh, Mosul
30 min walk • Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located on the outskirts of Mosul in modern-day northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as well as the largest city in the world for several decades.
1 miSW
Church
Al-Tahera Church, Mosul
27 min walk • The Al-Tahera Church is a partially demolished Syriac Catholic church in Mosul, Iraq.
1.2 miSE
Mosque
Mosques and shrines of Mosul, Mosul
31 min walk • The Islamic Sites of Mosul, Iraq, are of varied ages, the oldest being the Umayyad Mosque from 640 AD. and the modern being the Mosul Grand Mosque.
1.4 miSW
Church
Our Lady of the Hour Church, Mosul
37 min walk • The Our Lady of the Hour Church also known as the name of the Latin Church, was a Catholic church in the center of Mosul, in northern Iraq.
1.1 miW
Forts and castles
Bash Tapia Castle, Mosul
29 min walk • Bash Tapia Castle, also known as Bashtabiya Castle or Pashtabia Castle, is a ruined 12th-century castle located on the western bank of the Tigris river, forming part of the city wall of Mosul, Iraq.
1.3 miSW
Mosque
Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul
34 min walk • The Great Mosque of al-Nuri was a mosque in Mosul, Iraq. It was famous for its leaning minaret, which gave the city its nickname "the hunchback".
0.7 miE
Library, Greek Revival architecture
Library of Ashurbanipal, Mosul
17 min walk • The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, named after Ashurbanipal, the last great king of the Assyrian Empire, is a collection of more than 30,000 clay tablets and fragments containing texts of all kinds from the 7th century BC, including texts in various languages.
0.8 miW
Bridge
Fifth Bridge, Mosul
20 min walk • Fifth Bridge is a bridge in the city of Mosul, located in the province of Nineveh Governorate in Iraq over the Tigris River. The bridge was constructed in the 1980s and links the east and west sides of the city.