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Location: Muscat Street (between North Bridge & Beach Road) The Sultan Mosque was built in 1928 and was funded by donations from the Muslim community. The Saracenic flavor of the onion domes, topped with crescent moons and stars, is complemented by Mogul cupolas.
Funny thing, though: The mosque was designed by an Irish guy named Denis Santry, who was working for the architectural firm Swan and McLaren.
Other shots taken within this district:
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Some interesting facts about the mosque: Its dome base is a ring of black bottles; the carpeting was donated by a prince of Saudi Arabia and bears his emblem; and at the back of the compound, North Bridge Road has a kink in it, showing where the mosque invaded the nicely planned urban grid pattern. Also, if you make your way through the chink where the back of the building almost touches the compound wall, peer inside the makam to see the royal graves. Sultan Mosque, like all the others, does not permit shorts, miniskirts, low necklines, or other revealing clothing to be worn inside. However, they do realize that non-Muslim travelers like to be comfortable as they tour around and provide cloaks free of charge.
On the next street is Haji Lane, lined up with quaint old shophouses, bars & restaurants serving middle eastern cuisines for those craving for an Arabian night adventure and let your eyes savour the trendy grafittis adorning the walls along Haji Lane. Sorry, no enticing belly dancing here on holy grounds and the popular Arabian Shisha pipes has been banned of late. Good thing they did not erase the wall grafittis as proposed by the authorties not too long ago. That would certainly kill the atmosphere of the place totally.
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Discover a Kingdom in the City...
Location: Muscat Street (between North Bridge & Beach Road) The Sultan Mosque was built in 1928 and was funded by donations from the Muslim community. The Saracenic flavor of the onion domes, topped with crescent moons and stars, is complemented by Mogul cupolas.
Funny thing, though: The mosque was designed by an Irish guy named Denis Santry, who was working for the architectural firm Swan and McLaren.
Other shots taken within this district:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=84493444%40N00&text=su...
Some interesting facts about the mosque: Its dome base is a ring of black bottles; the carpeting was donated by a prince of Saudi Arabia and bears his emblem; and at the back of the compound, North Bridge Road has a kink in it, showing where the mosque invaded the nicely planned urban grid pattern. Also, if you make your way through the chink where the back of the building almost touches the compound wall, peer inside the makam to see the royal graves. Sultan Mosque, like all the others, does not permit shorts, miniskirts, low necklines, or other revealing clothing to be worn inside. However, they do realize that non-Muslim travelers like to be comfortable as they tour around and provide cloaks free of charge.
On the next street is Haji Lane, lined up with quaint old shophouses, bars & restaurants serving middle eastern cuisines for those craving for an Arabian night adventure and let your eyes savour the trendy grafittis adorning the walls along Haji Lane. Sorry, no enticing belly dancing here on holy grounds and the popular Arabian Shisha pipes has been banned of late. Good thing they did not erase the wall grafittis as proposed by the authorties not too long ago. That would certainly kill the atmosphere of the place totally.
Logon to singaporeology.com, a NEW Tourism Blog created by a team of Expats living here in Singapore. Fully supported with images from my stream.
www.singaporeology.com/information/singapore-is-one-of-th...