The Grand Mosque of Paris
The Grand Mosque was built, as the first mosque in France, in the aftermath of the Battle of Verdun in 1916 and is in honour of the 70.000 muslim casualties of the First World War.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
Nearby
Museum
- Mémorial de la Shoah - Paris, 4e
- National Museum of the French Army - Paris, 7e
- National French Navy Museum - Paris, 16e
Point of interest
- Damage Bombardment 30 January 1918 and Battle 25 August 1944 - Paris, 6e
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris - Paris, 4e
- Café Closerie des Lilas - Paris
Monument
- Memorial Pierre Alviset - Paris, 5e
- Memorial Benjamin Fondane - Paris 5e
- Memorial Deportation Jewish Children Ecole Rollin - Paris 5e
Cemetery
- Panthéon Paris - Paris, 5e
- Cimetière de Montparnasse - Paris, 14e
- French War Graves Cimetière d'Ivry - Ivry-sur-Seine
Fortification
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