Great Mosque of Sanaʽa

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cultural heritage site historic site mosque religious building

The Great Mosque of Sanaʽa is one of the oldest and most significant mosques in the Islamic world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and central religious role in Yemen’s capital.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Great Mosque of Sanaʽa canonical 4
Great Mosque of Sana'a 1
central mosque of Sanaʽa 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
architecturalStyle Arabian mosque architecture ⓘ
early Islamic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Old City of Sanaʽa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Sanaʽa World Heritage Site
builtDuringReignOf Al-Walid I ⓘ
surface form: Caliph al-Walid I
builtUnder Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
cityCenterRole Great Mosque of Sanaʽa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: central mosque of Sanaʽa
constructionBegan 7th century ⓘ
country Yemen ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
foundingDate 7th century ⓘ
function Friday mosque ⓘ
center for religious learning ⓘ
place of daily prayer ⓘ
hasFeature courtyard ⓘ
decorative stucco ⓘ
domes ⓘ
hypostyle prayer hall ⓘ
inscription panels ⓘ
minarets ⓘ
wooden ceilings ⓘ
hasMihrab yes ⓘ
hasMinbar yes ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sanaʽa ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Sanaʽa ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Sanaʽa

Sanaʽa ⓘ
Sanaʽa region ⓘ
surface form: Sanaʽa Governorate
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
name Great Mosque of Sanaʽa self-link ⓘ
nativeName Great Mosque of Sanaʽa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: الجامع الكبير بصنعاء
notableFor early Islamic inscriptions ⓘ
historic role in Yemeni Islamic scholarship ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: West Asia
religion Islam ⓘ
roofType flat roof with wooden beams ⓘ
significance important example of early Islamic architecture ⓘ
major religious center in Sanaʽa ⓘ
one of the earliest mosques in Yemen ⓘ
one of the oldest mosques in the world ⓘ
usedFor Eid prayers ⓘ
Friday sermon (khutbah) ⓘ
Ramadan prayers ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yemen → majorReligionSite → Great Mosque of Sanaʽa ⓘ
Sanaʽa → hasLandmark → Great Mosque of Sanaʽa ⓘ
Great Mosque of Sanaʽa → name → Great Mosque of Sanaʽa self-link ⓘ
Great Mosque of Sanaʽa → nativeName → Great Mosque of Sanaʽa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: الجامع الكبير بصنعاء
Great Mosque of Sanaʽa → cityCenterRole → Great Mosque of Sanaʽa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: central mosque of Sanaʽa
Old City of Sanaʽa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site → hasMajorMonument → Great Mosque of Sanaʽa ⓘ
subject surface form: Old City of Sanaʽa
Islamic Civilization Park → hasReplicaOf → Great Mosque of Sanaʽa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Mosque of Sana'a