El-Jazzar Mosque

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.

El-Jazzar Mosque
מסגד אל-ג'זאר
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationAcre, Northern, Israel
Shown within Northwest Israel
Geographic coordinates32°55′21.74″N 35°4′13.13″E
Architecture
Typemosque
StyleOttoman
FounderJazzar Pasha
Completed1781
Minaret(s)1
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