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Atiq Mosque (Benghazi)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the oldest and best known in the city”. Today it says “sunni islam mosque”.
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Atiq Mosque ( Arabic : المسجد العتيق , romanized : Al Masjid al ‘Aţīq ), also known as Al-Jami al-Kabir (the Great Mosque), is a Sunni Islam mosque , located in Benghazi , Libya . It is one of the oldest and best known in the city. The mosque forms the north side of Freedom Square. The original structure dates from the early fifteenth century, and since then received many renovations. The present central-domed structure is Ottoman in design. The Islamic cities in Libya: planning and architecture .
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one of the oldest and best known in the city
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sunni islam mosque
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