Great Mosque of Tenochtitlan (World of Sultans)

The House of Peace (Spanish: Casa de la Paz, Arabic: بيت السلام Bayt al-Salam) also known as the Great Mosque of Tenochtitlan (Spanish: Mezquita Grande de Tenochtitlan, Arabic: الجامع الكبير في تينوختيتلان), Masjid al-Wasat (Arabic: الجامع الكبير في الوسط) or the Mosque-Cathedral of Mexico City (Spanish: Mezquita-Catedral de Cuidad Mexico, Arabic: مسجد كاتدرائية مكسيكو سيتي) is a museum and historical former mosque located in Mexico City. One of Mexico City's key landmarks, it marks an everlasting reminder of Moorish and Islamic rule in Mexico, as well as peace and cooperation between Muslims and Catholics.

The site was originally an ancient Mesoamerican temple of pagan origin, as well as a Catholic church built over by the Spaniards that was destroyed by the Moorish conquistadors. Sultan Salim then ordered its construction, and was completed under the rule of Sultan Tapayaxi.

During the Mexican Revolution against Spain, the Spaniards achieved a quick and temporary success against the combined forces of Moors under the leadership of Sultan Mohamad ibn Mansur and revolutionaries under Miguel Hidalgo. The mosque was then converted into a Roman Catholic cathedral for a brief time, in which a nave was added and a cross was placed on top of the minaret. However, Sultan Mansur and Miguel Hidalgo's forces quickly drove the Spaniards out, Hidalgo gave control of the site back to the Muslims and allowed the building to be reverted to a mosque, despite being a Roman Catholic priest himself.

After Hidalgo's victory over the Spaniards, he hired a construction force, consisting entirely of Muslims and managed by Sultan Mansur to extend the mosque's complex, adding a well, a garden and an Alcazar. The Muslims also worked to erase all of the Catholic paintings.

In the year 2000 however, the Islamic muftis of Mexico City and the Mexican government reached an agreement to have the mosque turned into a museum and a tourist attraction due to the importance of historicality of the place. Prayers were then moved into a nearby location, where the Mexican government agreed to build another mosque. While the former mosque's rights were transferred to the public services in Mexico, the Islamic muftis of Mexico City retained control over the site's closing hours as only 3/4 of the rights were sold to the Mexican government and the Mexico City council.

The former mosque was renamed to the House of Peace, and the reasoning behind this move to transform the mosque into a public attraction was to symbolize the cooperation between Muslims and Catholics, that provided a foundation to the formation of Mexico as an independant nation.