Revanna Mosque

Known as Grande Moschea di Ravenna or "La Pace" which means peace.

Background:

The Great Mosque, with its two minarets and the high dome, is located at the Bassette, industrial area of Ravenna, a multi-religious city in northern Italy, characterized by an intense intercultural dialogue. About 5,000 Muslims live downtown and 20,000 in the province. They come from 16 nations and are integrated with the local population.

Designer:

Engineer Ahmed Abdelkader Basel, President of the Center of Islamic Culture and Studies of Romagna.

Construction :

Most local Muslims have contributed to the building by putting their work and their knowledge at the service of the community, collaborating in the building during the weekends and during leisure time.

Facilities:

The mosque stands on an area of 3,800 square meters and has a large covered area of about 1050 square meters.

408 square meters are dedicated to the prayer room for men that holds 250 prayers, while the space for women on the upper floor, is 130 square meters. Wide parking that can accommodate fifty cars.

In 2007 the Centre of Islamic Culture and Studies of Romagna (Ccsir), which is also the owner of the building bought the land from a private citizen; afterwards, a plan for the construction of the Great Mosque, according to the Italian normative indications were drawn up, but only in 2010 the Committee obtained a building authorization. Then the construction of the structure began, following the architectural requirements of the classical mosques.