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Cette mosquée aurait été bâtie par les musulmans ayant quitté l'Andalousie sur l'emplacement d'un ancien temple romain, en 1574.
Les colonnes qui la supportent proviendraient des thermes romains de l'Ouest.
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L'histoire de la ville de Cherchell débute au IVe siècle av. J-C lorsque les Phéniciens installèrent un comptoir commercial qu'ils nommèrent « IOL », du nom de l'une de leurs divinités : le dieu du vent.
Après la chute de Carthage, la ville passa, au fil des siècles, aux mains de différentes civilisations : Numides, Romains, Vandales, dynasties arabo-berbères. Mais la période qui marque incontestablement l'apogée de la cité est celle coïncidant avec l'accès au trône de Juba II, en 25 av. J-C.
Élevé à Rome suite à la mort de son père vaincu Juba I, le jeune Juba II grandit dans la culture greco-romaine. Plus tard, il épousera Cléopâtre Séléné, fille de Cléopâtre VII et Marc Antoine.
Ce mélange de cultures romaine, grecque, égyptienne et autochtone engendra pour la ville, rabaptisée Caesarea, et la région une grande dynamique architecturale, artistique et économique dont de nombreuses traces sont encore visibles aujourd'hui - notamment le Mausolée royal de Maurétanie que les historiens lui attribuent.
Cherchell - Wilaya de Tipaza - Algérie
Avril 2017
Şehitlik mosque, Berlin/Germany, district of Neukölln, built in 1999-2005, architect: Hilmi Senalp. Take a look inside.
The Kampung Keling Mosque at Harmony Street in Malacca, Malaysia. Pic taken during my trip to Malacca in Malaysia from 28th - 30th Aug 2009. Sightseeing with me in my blog: Malacca!
*Note: More pics of Architectural, Interior and Exterior Designs in my Architectural, Interior and Exterior Designs Album.
Britain's second purpose-built mosque, opened in 1975. The backdrop is dominated by the 20- storey Wilmcote and Studley towers.
The mosque itself has got three floors. On the first floor there is a large Main Hall for prayers which can easily accommodate around 3,000 worshippers at any one time. In addition to that there is a Ladies’ Gallery on the third floor to accommodate about 400 women.
The ground floor is divided into two areas providing office accommodation, a community hall (day centre), an extensive Islamic library, educational classrooms and a large school hall area which is used for prayers and other activities. On special days like Eids, when demand is high, both the Main Prayer Hall and the School Hall are used for prayers providing accommodation for 5000 people. On Eid day, there are five prayer services during which between 15,000 to 20,000 worshippers attend the mosque for the special services, and on Fridays the gathering is about 4,000 plus.
source - centralmosque.org.uk/about_mosque.aspx
since this was taken the mosque has undergone a refurbishment and extension programme
Eyüp Sultan Mosque & Abu Ayyub al-Ansari's Cemetery
The Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Turkish: Eyüp Sultan Camii) is situated in the district of Eyüp on the European side of Istanbul, near the Golden Horn, outside the Walls of Constantinople. Built in 1458, it was the first mosque constructed by the Ottoman Turks following their conquest of Constantinople in 1453.
The mosque rises next to the place where Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Turkish: Eyüp Sultan), the standard-bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, is said to have been buried during the Arab assault on Constantinople in 670. His tomb is greatly venerated by Muslims, attracting many pilgrims. Some of the personal belongings of Muhammad are preserved in the tomb.
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..
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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. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is still popularly used as a mosque..
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After the Peace of Zsitvatorok and the unfavorable result of the war with Persia, Sultan Ahmet the First decided to build a big mosque in Istanbul to calm God.[citation needed] It would be the first imperial mosque for more than forty years. While his predecessors had paid for their mosques with their spoil of war, Ahmet the First had to remove the funds of the Treasury, because he had not gained remarkable victories. It caused the anger of oulémas, the Muslim jurists. The mosque must be built on the site of the palace of the Byzantine emperors, in front of the basilica Ayasofya (at that time, the mosque the most worshipped in Istanbul) and the racecourse, a site of a big symbolic meaning. Big parts of the south shore of the mosque rest on the foundations, the vaults of the old Grand Palace.
Dabgir Mosque
Dabgir Mosque in Thatta is thought to be the oldest monument of Thatta. This mosque is also known as the Mosque of Amir Khusrao Khan Charkas, a descendent of Changez Khan who was made governor of Thatta in 1590, when the Mughals annexed Sindh. Khusrao Khan Charkas is credited with building over 360 public monuments in Thatta alone, including mosques, tombs, bridges, inns, wells, and masdrassahs (schools).
This elegant made mosque is now totally ruined and this all because of neglected management of Archeology (Asar-e-Qadima) and the Pakistan Government, if the management committee of old monuments do nothing about this, then in few years it will be finish.
The Süleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii) is a grand mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built on the order of sultan Suleiman I (Suleiman the Magnificent) and was constructed by the great Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1557.
It is considered to be a kind of architectural answer to the Byzantine Hagia Sophia, commissioned by the Emperor Justinian. The Hagia Sophia, converted into a mosque under Mehmed II, served as a model to many other Ottoman mosques in Istanbul. Sinan's Sulimaniye is a more symmetrical, rationalized and light-filled interpretation of earlier Ottoman precedents, as well as the Hagia Sophia. It is possible that dialogue between Italy and Istanbul contributed to Sinan's enthusiasm for symmetrical and rational forms, as promoted by writers like Alberti.
The Suleymaniye plays on Suleyman's self-conscious representation of himself as a 'second Solomon.' It references the Dome of the Rock, which was built on the site of the Temple of Solomon, as well as Justinian's boast upon the completion of the Hagia Sophia: "Solomon, I have surpassed thee!" The Suleymaniye, similar in magnificence to the preceding structures, asserts sultan Suleyman's historical importance. The structure is nevertheless smaller in size than its older archetype, the Hagia Sophia.
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The Selat Melaka Mosque in Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia lit up at night. I've had this mosque on my list for several years now, and on my fifth trip to Malyasia I finally took a weekend trip to Melaka with my coworker and got the shot!
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, Emirados Árabes Unidos - Nikon D700 + Carl Zeiss 25mm f/2.8 ZF + f/5.6 + 1/20s + ISO-400
Opened in 1998, and designed by Basil Al Bayati, the Edinburgh Central Mosque is right across the road from Edinburgh University at Potterrow. In a rather nice touch the architecture, while traditional for an Islamic holy structure, also contains nods to Scots Baronial architecture, making a nice statement about two cultures interleaved.
I was coming out of a festival show in the university nearby, and only had the Mr Bendy Legs, the mini-tripod, with me, so I sat it and the camera on a handy bench to bring it up a bit more, and grab this picture as the late evening was fading into night. The adjacent Mosque Kitchen is a highly recommended place to eat in the city (great food and very affordable).
the tents you see cover the stalls of all the vendors awaiting the mosque attendees (this was on Friday)
The Süleymaniye Mosque is the second largest mosque in Istanbul and is one of the dominant buildings in its skyline. It was built on the order of Sultan Süleyman (Süleyman the Magnificent) by the master architect Mimar Sinan (1490 – 1588) between 1550 and 1558.
The interior of the mosque is almost a square, 59 meters in length and 58 meters in width, forming a single vast space. The dome is flanked by semi-domes. In an innovative design, he incorporated the huge north-south buttresses needed to support the central piers into the walls of the building. The interior decoration is subtle, with very restrained use of Iznik tiles. The white marble mihrab and minbar are also simple in design, and woodwork is restrained, with simple designs in ivory and mother of pearl.
The Yeni Mosque, New Mosque or Mosque of the Valide Sultan (Turkish: 'Yeni Cami, Yeni Valide Camii') is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Eminönü district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is situated on the Golden Horn at the southern end of the Galata Bridge. It is one of the best-known sights of Istanbul.
Dabgir Mosque
Dabgir Mosque in Thatta is thought to be the oldest monument of Thatta. This mosque is also known as the Mosque of Amir Khusrao Khan Charkas, a descendent of Changez Khan who was made governor of Thatta in 1590, when the Mughals annexed Sindh. Khusrao Khan Charkas is credited with building over 360 public monuments in Thatta alone, including mosques, tombs, bridges, inns, wells, and masdrassahs (schools).
This elegant made mosque is now totally ruined and this all because of neglected management of Archeology (Asar-e-Qadima) and the Pakistan Government, if the management committee of old monuments do nothing about this, then in few years it will be finish.