Great Mosque of Paris

The Paris Mosque was built between 1922 and 1926 in a composite Moorish style. The architects -Robert Fournez, Maurice Mantout and Charles Heubés -based their design on plans drawn by Maurice Tranchant de Lunel, chief of the Beaux-Arts Service in Morocco, whose work drew on local influences. The mosque was built in memory of the Muslim soldiers in the French Army who died during World War I. It was partially financed by the French state and constructed on land donated by the Parisian municipality.