The Al-Mursi Abu al-Abbas Mosque stands in Midan Al-Mursi Abu al-Abbas, Alexandria, featuring Andalusian-Moorish architectural style with a central minaret, decorative domes, ornate stone carvings, and arched entryways. The mosque was built in 1943 over the tomb of the 13th-century Andalusian Sufi scholar Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi, one of Alexandria's most revered Islamic landmarks. Palm trees line the open square in front of the mosque against a vivid blue sky.