Fakhreddine Mosque

{{short description|Mosque in Deir al-Qamar, Lebanon}} {{for|the mosque in Mogadishu|Fakr Ad-Din Mosque}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Fakhreddine Mosque | native_name = {{Langx|ar|مسجد الأمير فخر الدين}} | native_name_lang = | image = Deir El-Qamar mosquée Fakhreddine.jpg | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = | map_type = Lebanon | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location of the mosque in Lebanon | coordinates = {{coord|33|41|53|N|35|33|52|E|type:landmark_region:LB|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = Sunni Islam | locale = | location = Deir al-Qamar, Chouf | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = | festival =  | cercle = | sector = | municipality = | district = | territory = | prefecture = | state = | province = | region = | country = Lebanon | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status = Mosque | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | architect = | architecture_type = {{nowrap|Mosque architecture}} | architecture_style = | founded_by = Fakhr al-Din I | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1493 | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = One | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | footnotes = | website = }}

The '''Fakhreddine Mosque''' ({{Langx|ar|مسجد الأمير فخر الدين}}) is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Deir al-Qamar, Lebanon. Built in 1493 by Fakhr al-Din I and restored in the sixteenth century, it is the oldest mosque in Mount Lebanon. The mosque has an octagonal minaret.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Auzias|first1=Dominique|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PRnrDAAAQBAJ&q=Fakhreddine+Mosqu&pg=PT344|title=LIBAN 2017 Petit Futé|last2=Labourdette|first2=Jean-Paul|date=2016-08-31|publisher=Petit Futé|isbn=979-10-331-4311-6|language=fr}}</ref>

==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Islam|Lebanon}}}} * Fakhreddine Palace * Islam in Lebanon * List of mosques in Lebanon

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== External links == {{commons category-inline}} * [http://www.deirelqamar.com/VirtualTour/1MIDANEDANY/02mosque.htm Deir el Qamar Website]

Category:1490s in the Middle East Category:15th-century mosques in Lebanon

Category:Chouf District Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in Lebanon Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1493 Category:Mosques completed in the 1490s Category:Sunni mosques in Lebanon