El-Jazzar Mosque | |
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מסגד אל-ג'זאר | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | Acre, Northern, Israel |
Geographic coordinates | 32°55′21.74″N 35°4′13.13″E / 32.9227056°N 35.0703139°E |
Architecture | |
Type | mosque |
Style | Ottoman |
Founder | Jazzar Pasha |
Completed | 1781 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
The el-Jazzar Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الجزار, Masjid al-Jazzār; Hebrew: מסגד אל-ג'זאר, Misgad al-G'zar), also known as the White Mosque of Acre, is located on el-Jazzar Street inside the walls of the old city of Acre, overlooking the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and is named after the Ottoman Bosnian governor Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar.