Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Caledon Street Mosque Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape

Date: 1849 Type: Mosque Status: Rebuilt Street: Cor. Caledon St / Cuyler St   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°45'47.67" S 25°23'38.16" E Alt: 66m

It was the fourth mosque to be built in South Africa, and the first outside Cape Town. The first three mosques in Cape Town were: the Auwal Mosque (1809-1814) in the Bo-Kaap, the Palm Tree Mosque (c.1825) in Long Street, and the Nurul Islam Mosque (1844) in the Bo-Kaap. References: LE ROUX, Schalk. 2007. The first mosque: Caledon street, Uitenhage. South African Journal of Cultural History vol. 21, no. 1