Great Mosque of Gaza, Gaza Strip

Name: Great Mosque of Gaza
Address: Gaza Strip, Israel

#11 among attractions in Gaza Strip

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The Great Mosque of Gaza also known as the Great Omari Mosque is the largest and oldest mosque in the Gaza Strip, located in Gaza's old city. ()

Alternative names: Completed: 1340 (684 years ago)Architectural style: Islamic architectureCoordinates: 31°30'4"N, 34°28'17"E

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Great Mosque of Gaza – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gold Market, Qasr al-Basha, Sayed al-Hashim Mosque, Church of Saint Porphyrius.

0.5 miW
Shopping, Market
Gold Market, Gaza Strip
12 min walk • The Gold Market is a narrow covered passageway located in the old quarter of Gaza; it is both a center for trading and buying gold, and location for foreign exchange.
~1990 ftNW
Museum
Qasr al-Basha, Gaza Strip
10 min walk • Qasr al-Basha, also known as Radwan Castle and Napoleon's Fort, was formerly a large palace, and now a two-floored girls' school and museum, situated in the Old City of Gaza. It served as a seat of power in the Mamluk and Ottoman periods and as a police station under the British Mandate.
0.7 miNW
Mosque
Sayed al-Hashim Mosque, Gaza Strip
17 min walk • The Sayed al-Hashim Mosque is one of the largest and oldest mosques in Gaza, located in the ad-Darrāj Quarter of the Old City, off of al-Wehda Street.
0.6 miW
Church
Church of Saint Porphyrius, Gaza Strip
15 min walk • The Church of Saint Porphyrius is the Orthodox Christian church of Gaza, and the oldest active church in the city. Located in the Zaytun Quarter of the Old City, it is named after the 5th century bishop of Gaza, Saint Porphyrius, whose tomb is situated in the northeastern corner of the church.
~590 ftNW
Mosque
Mahkamah Mosque, Gaza Strip
3 min walk • The Mahkamah Mosque is a congregational mosque and madrasa, built in 1455. It was destroyed by Israeli bombing during the attack on Gaza in 2014.
1 miNE
Cemetery
Gaza War Cemetery, Gaza Strip
25 min walk • The Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery, often referred to as the British War Cemetery, is a cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Salah al-Din Road in Gaza City's Tuffah district. The cemetery is 1.5 km in size.
0.6 miW
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Katib al-Wilaya Mosque, Gaza Strip
15 min walk • Katib al-Wilaya Mosque or Welayat Mosque is a small historic mosque located along Omar Mukhtar Street in Gaza City in the Zaytun Quarter of the Old City. The mosque was built by the Burji Mamluks in 1432, however, the structure could date further back to 1344.
0.5 miN
Mosque
Aybaki Mosque, Gaza Strip
14 min walk • Al-Aybaki Mosque is a historic mosque situated in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, Palestine. Built by the Mamluks in the late 13th century, the mosque is named after Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki, a Muslim religious leader.
~1320 ftNW
Mosque
Ibn Marwan Mosque, Gaza Strip
7 min walk • The Ibn Marwan Mosque is a Mamluk-era mosque in Gaza in the midst of a cemetery in the Tuffah neighborhood, relatively isolated from the rest of the city. Inside is the tomb of a holy man named Sheikh Ali ibn Marwan who belonged to the Hasani family.
~1310 ftNW
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Ibn Uthman Mosque, Gaza Strip
7 min walk • The Ibn Uthman Mosque is the second largest old mosque in Gaza City. It is also regarded as second to the Great Mosque of Gaza in terms of physical appearance and status as a Friday mosque. Noted for its architectural patterns, the mosque was established in three different stages during the Burji Mamluk period of rule in Gaza.
~1740 ftSW
Neighbourhood
Shuja'iyya, Gaza City
9 min walk • Shuja'iyya, also Shejaiya, Shijaiyeh, Shujayya, Shuja'ia, Shuja'iya, is a neighborhood district of the Palestinian city of Gaza and one of the largest neighborhoods in Gaza with 92,000 to 100,000 residents.

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Which popular attractions are close to Great Mosque of Gaza?

Nearby attractions include Mahkamah Mosque, Gaza Strip (3 min walk), Ibn Uthman Mosque, Gaza Strip (7 min walk), Ibn Marwan Mosque, Gaza Strip (7 min walk), Shuja'iyya, Gaza City (9 min walk).