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Aasafi Mosque in bara imambara is the most important mosque for Shias in Lucknow. It is to the left of the Bara imambara.
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
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There is nothing about The Blue Mosque that fits properly into a photograph. This is part of the wonder of it.
The most familiar section of a tourist's Istanbul is Sultanahmet, a busy neighborhood set on the Sea or Marmara and made up of carpet stores, hotels, restaurants, cafes, galleries, and tourist emporia, all catering to just about any whim of commerce. Per the guidebooks, Sultanahmet was pretty much the same for the Ottomans and Byzantium before, so the current swell of tourists is only the latest crest in a long series of waves.
The area is completely dominated by the Sultanahmet Parkı, which features the Aya Sofya museum on one side and the Sultan Ahmet Camii, or Sultan Ahmet Mosque, or Blue Mosque, on the other. Between these astounding sites is an ornamental fountain with trees and tiny strips of grass, surrounded by cobbled lanes packed with tour buses and constant, flowing trade.
Unlike the Sofya, the Blue Mosque is an active site of worship. It was completed in 1616 in the reign of Sultan Ahmet I, and was built on a grand scale in a conscious attempt to match and surpass the exquisite grandeur of the Sofya. I'd say it doesn't do any surpassing, but it doesn't miss by a whole lot, and unlike its neighbor it has an exterior that makes the eye want to linger all day long.
This picture is fairly heavily distorted, but I think it stays true to the eye's impression of the Blue Mosque - the lens needs some help when the building is on this scale. I shoot it from the fourth floor of a nearby carpet shop, where I am lured by one of the inevitable itinerant sales-scouts with promises of hospitality and welcome over a cup of tea (the cup of tea starts off fine, and ends with a dozen carpets strewn all over for my inspection - this is how that particular game is played, despite my also-inevitable protests that there is no carpet-buying scheduled for this day).
Before the sales pitch starts, I snap away for a bit. "You see," Mehmet tells me, "this is why I bring you here."
The mosque is gorgeous, serene, austere, voluptuous. Here it is a little bigger. This is my first day in Istanbul, and I spend the bulk of it walking around and doing a little goggling.
In 1999 I was seconded from JACIG for four months as Logistics Officer to the Verification Operations Section (VOS) of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The VOS was responsible for providing in-country support to inspection teams of other nations coming to the Former Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) to conduct arms control inspections under the Dayton Agreement.
One of Sarajevo's many mosques, somewhere in the city centre.
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
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Across a large park is the Blue Mosque (its not really blue) the highlight of the Islamic religion in Istanbul. It was built by the Sultan Ahmet and was a copy of the Hagia Sophia. The building was constructed to prove that the Islamic was on scale with the Christian Religion. The inside of the Mosque is covered with blue mosaic tiles. The Mosque is open to the public during non-prayer hours but modest dress is required. This means no shorts or bare shoulders. They supply a wrap if you are wearing shorts and will keep an eye on your shoes. Modesty and cleanliness are fundamentals of the Islamic faith and this is very important during prayer. On the outside of the Mosque you will find people washing their feet before entering the Mosque. At night a sound and light show at the Blue Mosque is worth a watch but you need to get lucky on the language version. They rotate the presentation every night in English, German, French, and Turkish.
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The Selimiye Mosque (Turkish: Selimiye Camii) is an Ottoman mosque in the city of Edirne, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Selim II and was built by architect Mimar Sinan between 1569 and 1575 It was considered by Sinan to be his masterpiece and is one of the highest achievements of Islamic architecture.
Added to UNESCO World Heritage list in 2011
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I couldn't stop saying to everyone how beautiful the mosque is.
@Masjidil Nabawi, Medina, Saudi Arabia
The Charminar, constructed in 1591 CE, is a monument and mosque located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The landmark has become a global icon of Hyderabad, listed among the most recognized structures of India.
Hyderabad - India 2012
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The Zeynep Sultan Mosque (in Turkish Zeynep Sultan Camii) is a mosque built in 1769 by Ayazma Mosque's architect Mehmet Tahir Ağa for Ahmed III's daughter Zeynep Asıme Sultan. It evokes Byzantine churches because of its architectural style and materials that were used in its construction.
The mosque is on Alemdar Caddesi (Street) in Istanbul, across the street from Gülhane Park and viewable from the tram that circulates the city. In the back side of the mosque there is a building which was once used as mektep[1] and now being used as primary school. The part once used as sebil[2] is now closed. In front of the mosque there is a fountain which was actually part of Abd-al-Hamid I's külliye[3]. Fountain was carried here in 1920s when 4. Vakıf Han's construction in Eminönü. Osmanlı Araştırmaları Vakfı is above the Mosque.
Ottoman military hero Alemdar Mustafa Pasha's grave is in hazîre[4] of the mosque and due to road construction Zeynep Sultan's corpse in the cellar is waiting for the time of her new tomb's construction. The grave of Melek Mehmet Pasha, who was Selim III's Grand Vizier and Zeynep Sultan's husband, is also in the hazîre of the mosque.
The undisputed highlight of Cordoba (and arguably of Southern Spain) is the magnificent 'Mezquita', the former Great Mosque that since the Spanish reconquest of 1236 has served as Cordoba Cathedral, a unique marriage of styles and cultures and one of the World's greatest architectural masterpieces.
The site dates back to Roman times, the pagan temples giving way to the first Visigothic cathedral which stood here in the 7th and 8th centuries. After the Islamic conquest the church was divided between Christians and Muslims until the Christian side was brought for conversion into the first mosque. In the following centuries the mosque was rebuilt and enlarged in ever more magnificent form up to around 987.
The Great Mosque continued to function until the Spanish reconquest of 1246 when it was converted back to Christian use as the city's cathedral; luckily the unparalled beauty of the Islamic architecture was recognised and largely respected, though new additions were made in various places adding further stylistic layers to the complex, initially in gothic, then Renaissance and latterly Baroque styles.
The biggest alteration came at the end of the Middle Ages when a more recognisable cathedral structure was erected over the centre of the multi-aisled former prayer hall. Begun as a gothic church, it was completed as a largely Renaissance structure with rich vaulting and a low dome over the crossing. Though it required the removal of many of the superb arcades and columns to erect it, the structure's impact is less apparent from within as one might expect, since it has few lower walls, literally growing from the Moorish colonnades.
The complete structure of the Mosque/Cathedral covers a vast rectangular area with an open courtyard to the north with the Baroque bell tower (the former minaret reclad)and the seemingly endless columned halls of the interior, with some 856 columns (many reused from Roman buildings, themselves reused in the previous church). Various chambers and chapels of varying dates and styles open up making the internal layout somewhat confusing to follow. The centre of the complex is dominated by the Renaissance cathedral, whose soaring interior flooded with light actually contrasts well with the more intimate, darker areas of the mosque, if making the experience somewhat surreal and other worldy. One can wander this ever changing interior for hours and still feel like one has barely scratched the surface.
The most notable parts of the Islamic structure are the magnificent double rows of scalloped arches, with multiple cusps and alternating bands of red and white. There are also some truly gorgeous ceilings, masterpieces of Islamic design, including the domes over the former mihrab niche, parts of which retain rich mosaic decoration.
In other areas the contrast of Islamic and Christian styles is quite bizarre, with the perimeter of the building lined with chapels, Moorish in style but many filled by huge gilded Baroque altars, somewhat at odds with the original style.
All in all the Mosque / Cathedral of Cordoba is one of the wonders of the World and for me was the highlight of this trip to Andalusia. As a fascinating fusion of faiths, styles and first rate architecture, there simply is nowhere else remotely like it.
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Another picture of Putra Mosque. The architecture has mixture of Persian, Ottoman and Malay flavour of design. Its absolutely gorgeous !
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
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Sheikh Zayed Mosque is the largest mosque in the country and the eighth largest mosque in the world.
The sun sets behind the Old Mosque in Beijing's Haidian district.
Part of a set: Muslims in China.
Located in Khaplu, Chaqchan Mosque is one of the earliest mosques in Baltistan (1504 AD), attributed to Syed Ali Hamdani (1384-1314) – a prominent sufi saint, scholar an poet. The mosque also has a Khanquah and a sufi seminary of Kubrai order attached to it. Some portion of the mosque has been restored by the local community. It is well preserved in its original shape and is the centre of religious activity in Khaplu city
The prinicpal mosque in the old town / bazaar area of Kusadasi town centre (friday prayers just commencing so I didn't go inside), one of the few older buildings remaining in this heavily built up resort, whose current size is largely the result of growth in the last thirty years.
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
uit:
www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html