Algeria has finally opened the third-biggest mosque in the world and the largest in Africa, ahead of the holy month of Ramazan, according to Al Jazeera.
Due to political unrest in the country, the inauguration of the mosque took several days. The Grand Mosque of Algiers was formally opened on Monday by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Djamaa El-Djazair is how the locals refer to it, and it can house up to 120,000 worshippers to pray at once. With a height of 265 meters (869 feet), it has the highest minaret in the world. The only mosques larger than it are located in Madina and Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
After seven years of construction, a vast modernist building spanning approximately 70 acres was completed, with marble and wood elements along with Arabic and North African architectural elements.
It even has a library large enough to house a million volumes and a helipad. The massive structure was built by a Chinese firm, reportedly costing around $900 million.
