Sidi Boumediene Mosque

Sidi Abu Madyan Mosque or the Worshipper's Mosque is a historical Islamic spiritual complicated In Tlemcen, Algeria, dedicated to the influential Sufi saint Abu Madyan. Abu Madyan become hailed from Seville and contributed greatly to the unfold of tasawwuf within the Maghreb location. The complex consists of several religious homes including the mosque, mausoleum, madrasa and the hamam. The mosque was based in 1339, and resembles Sidi al-Hulawi Mosque which became constructed in 1335 substantially in its shape.

The madrasa turned into based eight years after the mosque, in which Ibn Khaldun had taught once. Dar al-Sultan palace was mounted as well in the lower factor of the complicated, where the sultans stayed at some point of their go to to the mosque. The mosque has the primary front similar to that of the numerous other Moorish architectures from Cordoba to Kairouan. The front ends in the gallery of plaster paintings. On pinnacle of the dome exists muqarnas. It continues to the stairs which resemble that of the Puerta del Sol, Toledo. The wooden doors are embellished with bronze, and that they lead to the sahn with the fountain inside the center and surrounded through corridors and prayer hall.