GOURGI MOSQUE

Dating from 1833-1834, it is probably, with the mosque Ahmed Pasha Qaramanli, the most beautiful of Tripoli, as wanted by her founder. Youssef Gourgi was a rich Tripolitain from a family of Georgia who joined the family of Qaramanli. He is buried, as well as members of his family, behind the wall of mihrab. The mosque has an entrance decorated with geometric drawings and plant motifs in front of the arch mark Aurèle, and another (arch portal of marble and ceramics) in the rue Zenget ed-Diega. Sometimes you have to hit hard at the door to get you open. The prayer room also has two entrances, in the form of an arc with marble frames decorated with floral motifs. The facades are adorned with polychrome tiled tiles over which friezes are lined with geometric and épigraphiques motifs.

The 18 m ² prayer room is smaller than that of the Ahmed Pasha Qaramanli mosque, but it is even more decorated. In green, red and yellow tones, it is entirely covered with ceramic tiles and stucco tiles, with many floral motifs. His minaret is also more worked than that of the mosque Ahmed Pasha Qaramanli.