Islamic heritage · Cairo
Al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque
One of Egypt's largest mosques, at the entrance to the New Capital on the Middle Ring Road, in a modern Islamic style for nearly 17,000 worshippers.
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Al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque stands at the entrance of the New Capital on the New Middle Ring Road in Cairo Governorate. It holds nearly 17,000 worshippers and is described as the second largest mosque in Egypt after the Islamic Cultural Center. The site covers about 44.55 hectares (106 feddans). President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi inaugurated it on 6 January 2019, the same day as the Nativity of Christ Cathedral in the same city.
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- The mosque holds nearly 17,000 worshippers and is regarded as Egypt's second largest.
- It opened on 6 January 2019, the same day as the Nativity of Christ Cathedral.
- It has four minarets about 95 m high and a main dome 33 m in diameter, according to the builder Arab Contractors.