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El Rahman Mosque
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 'roman' mosque”. Today it says “located in cherchell”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 'roman' mosque”. Today it says “located in cherchell”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
El Rahman mosque or mosque of hundred columns in Cherchell , wilaya of Tipaza Algeria is a 'Roman' mosque . The building was the former Cathedral of St Paul , itself built over the ruins of a Roman temple .1
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 'roman' mosque”. Today it says “located in cherchell”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
a 'roman' mosque
Now
located in cherchell
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