Abu Dhabi, UAE

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.

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.

Tile work detail at Hazrat-e Masumeh mosque in Qom.

Mosque

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The stunning Shiek Zayed Mosque

The mosque near the food area.

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mosque

Cairo: mosque. (Photo I. Asmus, 1976.)

Süleymaniye Mosque

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The Grande Mosquee de Paris ( grand mosque of Paris) built in the north African style was completed in 1926 as a sign of France's recognition of the thousands of Muslim from it's colonies whom died fighting against Germany in World War I.

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Here is a picture of a mosque in Brunei at night.

Nuruosmaniye Mosque, near Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey

Kalon Mosque, Bukhara

Mosque on the Bulgarian - Turkish border, near Kapitan Andreevo / Edirne

Ilford Delta 400 Pro, Nikon F100

Mosque built in 1616 - was the first Ottoman style mosque to be built in Tunis.

Mosque at riverside

hagia sofia / ayasofya

Detail of tiling, Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco

Mahabat Khan Mosque, Peshawar

The Kampong Kling Mosque in Melaka is one of Malaysia's oldest mosques, built in 1748. It is built in many different styles, like the minaret resembling a Chinese pagoda and the prayer hall in an Indonesian style.

Almost I am praying all my namazs in this mosque, located just behind the crowne plaza, Farwaniya, Kuwait

This ancient mosque's interior is completely built out of wood

Visiting one of the local landmarks for the first time.

Şehzade mosque

I've shoot this mosque for many times, few times in the evening, but this is the first time I shoot far from the building

Old Masjid Jami', Jember of East Java.