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Grand Mosque of Tangier

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “grand mosque in the grand socco area of central tangier”. Today it says “historic main mosque”.
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Grand Mosque is a large mosque in the Grand Socco area of central Tangier , Morocco . It was built on the site of a former Portuguese cathedral which in turn stood on a Roman temple dedicated to Hercules . The mosque dates back to the Moulay Ismail period and was expanded in 1815 by Moulay Sliman . Mohammed V visited the mosque on April 11, 1947, going on to make a historic speech at Mendoubia Gardens . Opposite the mosque is a primary school, established by nationalists during the French protectorate.1

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “grand mosque in the grand socco area of central tangier”. Today it says “historic main mosque”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

grand mosque in the grand socco area of central tangier

Now

historic main mosque

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