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The Wazir Khan Mosque (Punjabi/Urdu: مسجد وزیر خان Masjid Wazīr Khān) in Lahore, Pakistan, is famous for its extensive faience tile work. It has been described as 'a mole on the cheek of Lahore'. It was built in seven years, starting around 1634–1635 AD, during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan. It was built by Hakim Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari, a native of Chiniot, who rose to be the court physician to Shah Jahan and a governor of Lahore. He was commonly known as Wazir Khan, a popular title bestowed upon him (the word Wazir means 'minister' in Urdu and Persian). The mosque is inside the Inner City and is easiest accessed from Delhi Gate. The mosque contains some of the finest examples of Qashani tile work from the Mughal period.
Copyright © Sohaib Tahir
Nakhoda Mosque, situated in Jacquaria Street, near the junction of Chitpore Road and Mahatma Gandhi Road.
Nakhoda Mosque of Kolkata is the largest mosque within the city. Its foundation was laid by Abdar Rahim Osman, a resident of Cutch, in the year 1926. Nakhoda mosque is constructed on the lines of Akbar's tomb in Sikandra. Read to know more about the Nakhoda masjid of Kolkata, India.
On all days, except for Sunday, you can buy attar (a perfume made from essential oils and fragrance of flowers) from outside the mosque.
This is a mosque site on the top of the reef and built on the stilt. At high tide I was informed that this is literally like a floating mosque.
Almost I am praying all my namazs in this mosque, located just behind the crowne plaza, Farwaniya, Kuwait
Fréjus, route des Combattants-d'Afrique-du-Nord : mosquée soudanaise (construite en béton par les tirailleurs venus d'Afrique du camp de Caïs ; inspirée de la mosquée soudanaise de Djénné, dans l'actuel Mali ; 1928-30)
Nakhoda Mosque, situated in Jacquaria Street, near the junction of Chitpore Road and Mahatma Gandhi Road.
Nakhoda Mosque of Kolkata is the largest mosque within the city. Its foundation was laid by Abdar Rahim Osman, a resident of Cutch, in the year 1926. Nakhoda mosque is constructed on the lines of Akbar's tomb in Sikandra. Read to know more about the Nakhoda masjid of Kolkata, India.
On all days, except for Sunday, you can buy attar (a perfume made from essential oils and fragrance of flowers) from outside the mosque.
The Putra Mosque, or Masjid Putra in Malay language, is the principal mosque of Putrajaya, Malaysia. Construction of the mosque began in 1997 and was completed two years later. It is located next to Perdana Putra which houses the Malaysian Prime Minister's office and man-made Putrajaya Lake. In front of the mosque is a large square with flagpoles flying Malaysian states' flags.
The pink-domed Putra Mosque is constructed with rose-tinted granite consists of three main functional areas - the prayer hall, the Sahn, or courtyard, and various learning facilities and function rooms. The mosque can accommodate 15,000 worshippers at any one time.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
I chanced upon some young guys from a Photographic club. They were practicing photographing with bounce boards etc in front of a large Mosque with a model. They kindly let me play, so I brought a couple of 580EX flashes along with shoot through umbrellas mounted on them. These images are the results of that impromptu shoot!
A big thank you to my new found friends on the beach in Malacca!
Malaysia, © Karl von Moller 2011
Sehzade Mosque was, for me, the nicest mosque in Istanbul, especially from a photographic point of view. Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmet Mosque are the two most-famous mosques in town and, as such, almost always packed with visitors. Plenty of others (Suleymaniye Mosque, for example) are quite beautiful and worth a visit, but also can be crowded. Beyazit Mosque was very nice, and not crowded at all. Lastly (for this trip), Sehzade Mosque was also practically empty -- fewer than 10 people besides me -- and with its symmetry, it's photographically delightful.
The history of this mosque, though, is somewhat sad. Like many other mosques in Istanbul, it's from the 16th century. In particular, this one was built from 1543-48. What happened in 1543 to create this mosque?
The sultan at the time, Suleyman the Magnificent, had a favorite son named Sehzade Mehmed. This wasn't his oldest son, but Sehzade was his oldest son by his legal wife, which put him in line to be the next sultan.
Sehzade was born in 1521. He was a warrior, and fought as far away as Hungary. In late 1543, while returning from a successful military campaign in Hungary, Sehzade died unexpectedly (consensus opinion is that he died of smallpox).
A distraught Suleyman had this mosque built to honor his son, and employed imperial architect Mimar Sinan to design and build it.
The general plan is similar to nearby Beyazit Mosque in that there's a courtyard/forecourt that is enclosed and roughly the same size as the mosque itself. This mosque, too, has a large central dome, but it's flanked by four half domes. The half domes are what enhance the symmetry and photographic lines on the interior.
There are five tombs behind this mosque (that I did not have a chance to see), one of which contains the grave of Sehzade Mehmed.
This mosque is about halfway between Fatih Mosque and Beyazit Mosque, and Suleymane Mosque is also a short walk away, but not on the same line.
Though I've obviously seen this mosque, I would probably make a point to see it again on a return visit to Istanbul. It's beautiful.
The mimber is the little staircase at the front of a mosque, near the mihrab (a prayer niche). It is used something like a pulpit.
Sehzade Mosque was, for me, the nicest mosque in Istanbul, especially from a photographic point of view. Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmet Mosque are the two most-famous mosques in town and, as such, almost always packed with visitors. Plenty of others (Suleymaniye Mosque, for example) are quite beautiful and worth a visit, but also can be crowded. Beyazit Mosque was very nice, and not crowded at all. Lastly (for this trip), Sehzade Mosque was also practically empty -- fewer than 10 people besides me -- and with its symmetry, it's photographically delightful.
The history of this mosque, though, is somewhat sad. Like many other mosques in Istanbul, it's from the 16th century. In particular, this one was built from 1543-48. What happened in 1543 to create this mosque?
The sultan at the time, Suleyman the Magnificent, had a favorite son named Sehzade Mehmed. This wasn't his oldest son, but Sehzade was his oldest son by his legal wife, which put him in line to be the next sultan.
Sehzade was born in 1521. He was a warrior, and fought as far away as Hungary. In late 1543, while returning from a successful military campaign in Hungary, Sehzade died unexpectedly (consensus opinion is that he died of smallpox).
A distraught Suleyman had this mosque built to honor his son, and employed imperial architect Mimar Sinan to design and build it.
The general plan is similar to nearby Beyazit Mosque in that there's a courtyard/forecourt that is enclosed and roughly the same size as the mosque itself. This mosque, too, has a large central dome, but it's flanked by four half domes. The half domes are what enhance the symmetry and photographic lines on the interior.
There are five tombs behind this mosque (that I did not have a chance to see), one of which contains the grave of Sehzade Mehmed.
This mosque is about halfway between Fatih Mosque and Beyazit Mosque, and Suleymane Mosque is also a short walk away, but not on the same line.
Though I've obviously seen this mosque, I would probably make a point to see it again on a return visit to Istanbul. It's beautiful.
Bank Indonesia Mosque on Friday January 26, 2007. Copyright © Dadang Solihin (www.dadangsolihin.com)
Our students enjoyed a day in Cordoba, the old capital of the Umayyad caliphate. Its whole historical center, including its Mesquita-Cathedral, was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.
Suleiman’s Mosque
It is located on top of the Medieval Town’s hill at the end of Socratous street. The mosque consists of three square spaces. One of them is bigger than the others and taller (15 meters) covered with domes and two consecutive balconies on the north side. Between the central and the western dome there’s a minaret (34,5 meters) with two balconies.
It was built in the 16th century by Suleiman the Magnificent. The monument received an honorary distinction from Europa Nostra in 2006.
(Source: rhodes.gr)
© Aslak Tronrud 2012
I described Gibraltar to be a mix of Tenerife (because of the heat, the sea and beaches everywhere), Hamburg harbour (because of the large ships stopping here for fuel or simply moving out of or into the Atlantic Ocean), downtown Naples (because of all the narrow roads filled with scooters), Münster airport (see previous pictures) and an Italian mountain pass (because all of those rough unlit tunnels).
In fact, the whole rock is full of holes, like Swiss cheese. The military built tunnels and caverns to fortify the peninsula against sieges and to place artillery and flak all over the place, to be able to block the strait. There was even the plan of leaving a handful of soldiers behind as observers in WWII, immured into a cavern with food to last for years, in case the Germans capture Gibraltar (search for "Operation Tracer" if you want to find out more).
Some of the fortifications can be seen in the centre and the middle right (Buffadero Battery), where the radar sits. And on the top of the rock, one can make out a small boxy shape resembling the turret of O'Hara's Battery, featuring a 9.2 inch (23 cm) artillery gun.
In the foreground is the Mosque of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, inaugurated in 1997, set at Europa Point, the southernmost point of Gibraltar.
This is some reflective pool thing in Granada Spain. I think it's in a Mosque, lol, I didn't take it.
Artistic Screen Halftone of Mosque Created by Pixeology Artistic Halftone software( a Photoshop plug-in).
You can get the software at www.pixeology.com/ArtisticHalftone/features.html