Wikipedia's first sentence called it “first-ever mosque built on the french mainland since the umayyad invasion of gaul in the 8th century”. Today it says “former islamic mosque”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Mosque of the Bois de Vincennes ( French : Mosquée du Bois de Vincennes ), also known as the Mosque of the Colonial Garden Hospital or Nogent Mosque was a former Islamic mosque , located in the grounds of the Bois de Vincennes , in greater Paris , France . It was the first mosque built on the French mainland since the Umayyad invasion of Gaul in the 8th century. The mosque was constructed in early 1916 on the grounds of the Bois de Vincennes, as a counterpropaganda project and to serve some of the Muslim soldiers who came to France during World War I . The mosque was destroyed just four years later, in 1920.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Mosque located in Paris, in France Bilingual 1916 postcard picturing the mosque with soldiers in front The Mosque of the Bois de Vincennes ( ), also known as the Mosque of the Colonial Garden Hospital or Nogent Mosque was the first-ever mosque built on the French mainland since the Umayyad invasion of Gaul in the 8th century. It was constructed in early 1916 on the grounds of the Bois de Vincennes , as a counterpropaganda project and to serve some of the Muslim soldiers who came to France during World War I .
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first-ever mosque built on the french mainland since the umayyad invasion of gaul in the 8th century
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former islamic mosque
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