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Omayyd Mosque, Damascus, Syria, 2007
Omayyd Mosque lies at the east end of Souk al Hamidiyeh, and its history goes back three thousand years. It holds the Shrine of John the Baptist's head
Sultan Qaboos grand mosque at dusk pictured from the main road. More info on thetravelholiday.com/Oman/Muscat
The Mosque of Suleyman is an early 19th century structure that stands on the site of the original mosque built in 1922.(*) The original mosque was built immediately after Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent captured Rhodes. The current landmark has red-plastered walls, a garden and a stone minaret (closed to the public). (http://www.viptaxitours.com/mosque.html) (081022)
(*) I think 1922 is the wrong year (that the original was built) but I can't find a correct year.
Manger Square, Mosque of Omar.
In 638 AD Omar ibn Al-Khattab (regarded as a pivotal figure in the history of Islam) visited Bethlehem as an envoy of the Prophet Mohammad. He prayed where the Mosque that carries his name now stands. The existing Mosque was built in 1860 and was last renovated in 1954. The Mosque is a symbol of religious co-existence in Bethlehem being the only Muslim shrine of worship in the Old City of Bethlehem.
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Ummayad Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.
Damascus, Syria
Agust 2010
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.
Mosquée Ketchaoua (Cathedrale Saint-Philippe), Alger. Algeria 1930s - travel photographs.
source: Album de famille Reboul Gagnebin, années 1930. Suisse - Algérie - France.
Cet album a été retrouvé à Bâle, Suisse, Déc. 2011.
The sister of a local jounalist - Zafar Iqbal - had passed away. This is a ceremony in a local mosque to pray for her soul.
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 mimber is the little staircase at the front of a mosque, near the mihrab (a prayer niche). It is used something like a pulpit.
Bank Indonesia Mosque on Friday January 26, 2007. Copyright © Dadang Solihin (www.dadangsolihin.com)
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is one of several mosques known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. Wiki
La Mezquita Azul (Sultanahmed Camii en turco) de Estambul, está situada enfrente de Santa Sofía y separadas ambas por un hermoso espacio ajardinado. Es la única en Estambul que posee 6 alminares. Wiki
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In Marrakesh, a view of the Koutoubia mosque's minaret from the Koutoubia Gardens. View more at www.evanchu.com/travelMorocco
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.