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The Badshahi Mosque or the 'Royal Mosque' in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world.
Looking across the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque with the minaret of the Bride (the only original minaret) visible
The Grand Mosque of Damascus, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Located in one of the holiest sites in the old city of Damascus, it is of great architectural importance.
Construction of the mosque was based on the house of the Prophet in Medina. The caliph asked and obtained from the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire 200 skilled workers to decorate the mosque, as evidenced by the partly Byzantine style of the building.
The new mosque was the most impressive in the Islamic world at the time, and the interior walls were covered with fine mosaics, considered to depict paradise, or possibly the Ghouta which tradition holds so impressed Muhammad that he declined to enter it, preferring to taste paradise in the afterlife. The building was considered one of the marvels of the world, because it was one of the largest of its time. The exterior walls were based on the walls of the temple of Jupiter and measure 100 by 157.5 m.
This mosque is one of the few mosques that has three minarets, Minaret of the Bride
(9th and 12th centuries), Minaret of Qat Bey (15th century), and the Minaret of Jesus
(13th century).
The Grand Mosque of Damascus, also known as the Ummayad Mosque, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Located in one of the holiest sites in the old city of Damascus, it is of great architectural importance.
The mosque holds a shrine which is said to contain the head of John the Baptist, honored as a prophet by Muslims and Christians alike. The head was supposedly found during the excavations for the building of the mosque. The tomb of Saladin stands in a small garden adjoining the north wall of the mosque.
In 2001 Pope John Paul II visited the mosque, primarily to visit the relics of John the Baptist. It was the first time a pope paid a visit to a mosque.
In an article titled “Syria: Crossroads of the Levant”, featured on Syria’s Ministry of Tourism website, Richard Moore reports that “the highlight to the Old City was the Umayyad Mosque..."
The spot where the mosque now stands was a temple of Hadad in the Aramaean era. The Aramaean presence was attested by the discovery of a basalt orthostat depicting a sphinx, excavated in the north-east corner of mosque. The site was later temple of Jupiter in the Roman era, then a Christian church dedicated to John the Baptist in the Byzantine era.
Initially, the Muslim conquest of Damascus in 636 did not affect the church, as the building was shared by Muslim and Christian worshipers. It remained a church although the Muslims built a mud brick structure against the southern wall so that they could pray. Under the Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I, however, the church was purchased from the Christians before being demolished. Between 706 and 715 the current mosque was built in its place. According to the legend, Al-Walid himself initiated the demolition by driving a golden spike into the church. At that point in time, Damascus was one of the most important cities in the Middle East and would later become the capital of the Umayyad caliphate.
Construction of the mosque was based on the house of the Prophet in Medina, which had many functions: it was a place for personal and collective prayer, religious education, political meetings, administration of justice and relief of the sick and homeless. The caliph asked and obtained from the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire 200 skilled workers to decorate the mosque, as evidenced by the partly Byzantine style of the building.
The new mosque was the most impressive in the Islamic world at the time, and the interior walls were covered with fine mosaics, considered to depict paradise, or possibly the Ghouta which tradition holds so impressed Muhammad that he declined to enter it, preferring to taste paradise in the afterlife. The building was considered one of the marvels of the world, because it was one of the largest of its time. The exterior walls were based on the walls of the temple of Jupiter and measure 100 by 157.5 m.
The prayer hall consists of three aisles, supported by column of the Corinthian order. It was the first mosque to have such a shape and this way, the visitors could see the mihrab, the alcove indicating the direction of Mecca (the qibla), and each other more easily.
The interior of the mosque is reminiscent of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It contains a large number of mosaics and geometric patterns. It is thought that the mosque used to have the largest golden mosaic in the world, at over 4.000 m². In 1893 a fire damaged the mosque extensively and many mosaics were lost, although some have been restored since.
The minaret in the southeast corner is called the Minaret of Jesus as many Muslims believe that it is here that Jesus will appear at the End of the World
La Mosquée Ketchaoua* est un lieu de culte historique algérois, situé dans la Basse Casbah.
L'histoire de cet édifice débuterait en 1436. Par la suite, la mosquée connaît plusieurs modifications dont les dernières furent entreprises par le colonisateur français et visaient à dédier ce lieu au culte catholique.
Après l'indépendance de l'Algérie, la cathédrale Saint-Philippe reprit le nom de Mosquée Ketchaoua.
Les travaux de restauration, lancés il y a plusieurs années, viennent d'arriver à leur terme.
(*) Ketchaoua signifierait en turc : « plateau des chèvres | Keçi ova ».
Casbah - Wilaya d'Alger - Algérie
Octobre 2017
The Medieval Mosque is a part of a collaborative build with my LUG friends from Zbudujmy To!, which shows an Arabic Street, with 3 districts: Savannah, Poor district and Wealthy district.
The mosque, was of course made for the wealthy disctrict.
You can check out the full review of my build on my YouTube channel: youtu.be/D4ZTGFEfdeQ
The star mosaic inspired by:
Andreas Lenander - www.flickr.com/photos/124068149@N02
&
Katie Walker - www.flickr.com/photos/eilonwy77
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Mosque in Saint-Petersburg, Russia
just the very first days of taking pictures
i finally processed this picture :)
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior.
It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. While still used as a mosque, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become a popular tourist attraction.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has one main dome, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. The design is the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque development. It incorporates some Byzantine elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect, Sedefkâr Mehmed Aga, synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendour.
At its lower levels and at every pier, the interior of the mosque is lined with more than 20,000 handmade ceramic tiles, made at Iznik (the ancient Nicaea) in more than fifty different tulip designs. The tiles at lower levels are traditional in design, while at gallery level their design becomes flamboyant with representations of flowers, fruit and cypresses. More than 200 stained glass windows with intricate designs admit natural light, today assisted by chandeliers.
I had 4 amazing days in Borneo in 2011, and this is the city mosque in Kota Kinabalu. Ive been going through images of my little 8 month adventure, and looking back, I really didnt realise at the time how lucky I was to be able to travel as I did, and experience so many incredible places
This is a mosque in Syria. You can not walk in there with your shoes on. The floors are so beautiful as is the inside of the Mosque. Truly peaceful place. This was taken at sunset, Maghrib time which is a time when there is a prayer.
Framed through Hazuri Bagh Baradari.
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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (Arabic :جامع الشيخ زايد الكبير) is located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was initiated by the late President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. His final resting place is located on the grounds beside the same mosque.
As the country’s grand mosque, it is the key place of worship for Friday gathering and Eid prayers. It is the largest mosque in the UAE and numbers during Eid can be more than forty thousand people.
Downtown Beirut is the place where several mosques and churches stand together, side by side, to prove something!
Quite impressivly, this huge mosque was build in 1997.
EXCERPT
"The Islamic Cultural Centre which includes the London Central Mosque has been established since 1944. It was officially opened by His Majesty King George VI in November 1944. The 2.3 acres of site adjacent to Hanover Gate in Regent's Park, was presented as an unconditional gift from the British Government to the UK Muslim Community in Britain to enable the latter, to build a mosque and an Islamic Cultural Centre, to conduct the affairs pertaining to their faith. A Mosque Committee comprising various prominent Muslim diplomats and Muslim residents in the United Kingdom gratefully accepted the gift which was intended mainly as a tribute to the thousands of Indian Muslim soldiers who had died defending the then British Empire, which at the time, had more Muslim inhabitants than Christians."
From the roof of the guest house. Kabul is heavily polluted, and the pollution hangs in the air day and night, making clear shots difficult.
The Kocatepe Mosque is the largest mosque in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was built between 1967 and 1987 in the Kocatepe quarter in Kızılay, and its size and prominent situation have made it a landmark that can be seen from almost anywhere in central Ankara.
مسجد کجاتپه (قوجاتپه ) در محله قیزیل آی آنکارا در سالهای ۱۹۸۱-۱۹۸۷ ساخته شد و توسط رییس جمهور وقت ترکیه آقای تورگوت ازال افتتاح شد.طرح اولیه این مسجد همان طرح معماری بزرگترین مسجد جهان یعنی مسجد مدرن فیصل پاکستان بود اما بعد مخالفت فنی با آن پروژه در سال ۱۹۶۷ ، بعدها با کمی تغییر آقای وئدات دالوکای معمار ترک این پروژه را در پاکستان اجرا کرد و در عوض معماران ، اولوانگین و تالای ، یک مسجد با معماری به شیوه عثمانیان ساختند که البته زیباست اما پروژه قبلی هم لطف خود را داشت .
این مسجد گنجایش ۳۰۰۰ نمازگزار را دارد و بزرگترین مسجد آنکارا میباشد.