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A mosque along the route from Dubai to Muscat in Oman... beautiful green dome contrasts sharply agains the sky.
The Şehzade Mosque (Turkish: Şehzade Camii) is a mosque in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Suleiman I and was built by architect Mimar Sinan between 1543 and 1548. It was considered by architectural historians as Sinan's first masterpiece of classical Ottoman architecture
The mosque has a square plan, covered by a central dome, flanked by four half-domes. The dome is supported by four piers, and has a diameter of 19 meters and it is 37 meters high. Şehzade complex (Külliye) is situated between Fatih and Bayezid complexes. The Külliye consists of the mosque, the tomb (turbe) of Prince Mehmet (which was built prior to the mosque), two schools (medresa), kitchen for the poor and a caravansarai. The mosque and its courtyard are surrounded by a wall that separates them from the rest of the complex.
The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba (Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba in Spanish), also known as the Great Mosque of Córdoba and the Mezquita, whose ecclesiastical name is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), is the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The structure is regarded as one of the most accomplished monuments of Moorish architecture.
According to a traditional account, a small temple of Christian Visigoth origin, the Catholic Basilica of Saint Vincent of Lérins, originally stood on the site. In 784 Abd al-Rahman I ordered construction of the Great Mosque, which was considerably expanded by later Muslim rulers. Córdoba returned to Christian rule in 1236 during the Reconquista, and the building was converted to a Roman Catholic church, culminating in the insertion of a Renaissance cathedral nave in the 16th century.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque%E2%80%93Cathedral_of_C%C3%B3...
At first I thought this one was a church, so I was surprised when I knew that this one was a mosque.
Anyway, I actually am always interested to see the old buildings here :)
Yeni Cami mosque in Dipkarpaz, a village in Northern Cyprus where Greek Cypriots still live (didn't leave after partition in 1974). There's a mosque and a church, and cafes for the two communities.
Abbasi Mosque is a mosque located in the city of Derawar adjacent to Derawar Fort, Cholistan region of Punjab the province of Pakistan. It was built by Nawab Bahawal Khan in 1849.
Adjacent to the Derawar Fort, Cholistan Desert, Punjab, Pakistan
I was told that the same person that designed the famous Sultan Ahmed Mosque also designed this smaller mosque.
Entrar en una mezquita desde el casco antiguo del cairo es toda una experiencia. La calle tiene una actividad frénetica, llena de un barroquismo de objetos extraños y gentes que la hacen, a veces, asfixiante...En cambio, al cruzar los muros de la mezquita, se abre una gran plaza cuadrada y blanca, perfecta y pura. Realmente es como dejar otro mundo atrás.
Para mi lo más bonito de estos lugares es esa plaza, no la mezquita en si misma. En nuestras ciudades pocas veces encontraremos un contraste tan perfecto y evocador como en éstas plazas y su ciudad.
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One of the historic mosques of Timbuktu, the Sankore mosque was built during the declining years of the Empire of Mali, in the early 15th century A.D. Architecturally, it is remarkable for its large pyramidal mihrab.
The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world .
Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era
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