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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Sultan Ahmet Mosque is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A popular tourist site, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque continues to function as a mosque today; men still kneel in prayer on the mosque's lush red carpet after the call to prayer.
Sultan Qaboos Mosque, courtyard, Muscat, Oman, April 2023
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Bezmialem Valide Sultan Mosque was building by the architect Nikogos Balyan who created many important works in the 19th century Ottoman architecture. Bezmialem Valide Sultan Mosque attention with its baroque style architecture.
Sheikh Zayed Mosque, reflection pool, Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 2023
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La mosquée et le pavillon des invités sont les deux bâtiments rouges de part et d'autres du mausolée du Taj Mahal. Ils sont censés être totalement identiques, pour une question de symétrie, mais en réalité ils diffèrent légèrement l'un de l'autre. Les deux sont sur le "Chameli Farsh", c'est le nom qu'on donne à la terasse à 9m de hauteur qu'il y a au bout du complexe du Taj Mahal et qui contient, outre le mausolée, la mosquée et le pavillon des invités, deux bassins remplis d'eau, entre les bâtiments annexes et le bâtiment principal.
Sancaklar Mosque is a mosque in the Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul. Designed by Emre Arolat, the mosque was opened in 2013. It received many awards for its innovative design. In 2015, it was awarded the ArchDaily "Religious Building of the Year" Award.
The mosque is located in a natural setting surrounded by rolling hills and greenery in the countryside. The design aims to integrate with the natural environment and create a tranquil environment for worship. The exterior facade is made of raw concrete. The interior design is simple and contemporary in style. There are also steps for praying in the prayer area. The prayer area has natural lighting coming from the qibla side. There is a separate section and a separate entrance for women in the mosque.
The Blue Mosque, or Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii), was built between 1609-1616 by Sultan Ahmed I. It is renowned for its stunning blue İznik tiles that adorn the interior. The mosque features six minarets and blends Ottoman and Byzantine architecture. Still functioning as a place of worship, it holds significant religious importance while being a major tourist attraction, symbolizing Istanbul’s rich Islamic heritage and architectural grandeur.
Juma Mosque is a 10th–18th century mosque in Khiva, Uzbekistan. It is one of the principal monuments of Itchan Kala, the walled old city of Khiva, which is a World Heritage Site. It stands in the middle of Itchan Kala, on the road connecting the west gate and the east gate.
Istanbul is an incredible place to visit. This image features just the Blue Mosque which is one of many historical sites around the city. Istanbul is a melting pot of culture and historical events. The Blue Mosque, as it is popularly known, was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls and, at night, the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets and eight secondary domes. It sits next to the Hagia Sophia, another impressive historical destination in the city.
This image was inspired by the majestic Great Mosque of Xi'an in a vibrant, whimsical Asian mountainscape, teeming with exotic flowers, winding pathways, and ancient trees. The scene is set at dusk, with warm, golden light casting long shadows across the intricately tiled mosque, as the surrounding mountains are painted with hues of sapphire, amethyst, and rose. The atmosphere is mystical, with a sense of ancient history and wonder.
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Sultan Qaboos Mosque, outside, Muscat, Oman, April 2023
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Badshahi Mosque was commissioned by Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671, with construction of the mosque lasting for two years until 1673. The mosque is an important example of Mughal architecture, with an exterior that is decorated with carved red sandstone with marble inlay. It remains the largest and most recent of the grand imperial mosques of the Mughal-era, and is the second-largest mosque in Pakistan.[4] After the fall of the Mughal Empire, the mosque was used as a garrison by the Sikh Empire and the British Empire, and is now one of Pakistan's most iconic sights.
Stoke Newington, Hackney, London. Originally The Apollo Picture House built in 1913 it went through various name changes and closed as a cinema in 1983. It was bought by the UK Turkish Islamic Association and, eventually, converted into a mosque, restaurant, butchers shop and school. It is unique in that services are conducted in Turkish as opposed to the usual Arabic or English.
At Taksim Square in Istanbul, under construction. All the flags are for the celebration of Ataturk's birthday.
The Blue Mosque, or Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii), built between 1609-1616, showcases a novel engineering technique of stacking domes to support its vast, spacious interior. Inspired by Byzantine architecture, the large central dome is flanked by smaller semi-domes, distributing the roof’s weight effectively. This creates an open, grand interior while maintaining structural stability, making it an architectural marvel of the Ottoman Empire.
Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 2023
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The building was a gift from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and took two years to build at a cost of around £5 million. It was officially inaugurated on 8 August 1997. When the building was opened there were over sixty limousines and impressive security measures.
It is the southernmost mosque in continental Europe, and is one of the largest mosques in a non-Muslim country. (wiki)
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It was possibly built as early as in the 15th century by Bengal Sultanate and evidences suggest it could be either a jail or a tomb, but not a mosque, while it is more popular to be called as Mosque or Masjid.
The name Chika is also connected to bat as there are numerous bats inside the hall.
Taken in Gaur, Malda, West Bengal, India
During my trip I have seen many wonderful mosques. This one in Edirne Turkey was one of the best, certainly the interior with the beautiful red carpet, and all the light, the ceiling etc. Everything was very well thought of and sophisticated.
I tried to get the cupola also in one shot, but that caused to much distortion, so you have to do with this shot!
20 September I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.
The stunning Nasir al-Mulk Mosque hides a gorgeous secret between the walls of its fairly traditional exterior—stepping inside is like walking into a kaleidoscope of colors. Every day, the rays of the early morning sun shine through its colorful stained-glass windows, transforming the halls into a dazzling wonderland of rich hues, patterns, and light that play on the floor of the mosque.
The Red Mosque is a building in the palace gardens at Schwetzingen. It was built under Prince-elector Charles-Theodore in the 18th century for the main reason that "Turkish style" was fashionable at the time. The architecture has certain elements which you wouldn't find in a real mosque and it was never intended for prayer but it later served religious purposes at various times.
The Rustem Pasha Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in the Tahtakale neighborhood of the Eminonu district.Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first time I had ever entered a mosque. The women had to cover their heads with a scarf, and everyone removed their shoes and placed them in a bag. The small mosque was quiet and peaceful, and it is said to be one of the most beautiful in the entire world.
The Blue Mosque, officially the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii), is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I and remains a functioning mosque today. It also attracts a large number of tourists and is one of the most iconic and popular monuments of Ottoman architecture.
The National Mosque of Malaysia, also known as Masjid Negara, is well-regarded as the nationwide symbol of Islam. Located within the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens, this blue-hued building houses a main prayer hall with 48 smaller domes, a 73-metre minaret and a 16-pointed star concrete main roof. Contemporary interpretations of traditional Islamic art and calligraphy, abstract shapes and geometric lattices are incorporated into its roofing and ironworks, while the walls of the Grand Hall are beautifully adorned with verses from the Koran.
La mosquée Kuqa est la deuxième plus grande mosquée du Xinjiang , juste après la mosquée Id Kah à Kashgar . Fait de briques, il a été reconstruit après l'incendie de la mosquée d'origine en 1931. Dans son enceinte se trouve le seul tribunal religieux du Xinjiang. La mosquée Kuqa est la seule mosquée de Chine à avoir conservé le système de la chariya (tribunal islamique).
La première porte de la mosquée mesure 18,3 mètres de haut, construite en brique bleue. La mosquée est composée du minaret Xuanli, d'une grande salle, d'un tombeau inconnu, de la salle d'apprentissage des Écritures, du tribunal religieux, etc., couvrant une vaste superficie de 1 165 000 mètres carrés. La salle de culte de la mosquée mesure 1500 mètres carrés et peut accueillir 3000 personnes.
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The Fenari Isa Mosque, also known as the Molla Fenari Mosque or, by its former name, the Lips Monastery Church, is a place of worship in Istanbul that was formerly used as an Orthodox church but was converted into a mosque following the Turkish conquest of the city.
In 908, the Byzantine admiral Konstantinos Lips, began construction of a monastery in the presence of the emperor of the time, Leo VI. The monastery was located in a valley surrounding the ancient Bayrampaşa Creek (Lycus River), in an area known at the time as Merdosangaris. The structure was dedicated to the Virgin Theotokos.
The book known as the Typikon, which provides information on the church’s construction and subsequent history, states that there were 50 female clergy members at the church; it also mentions that it had a 15-bed hospital. As such, it was one of the largest institutions in Constantinople at the time. The present-day structure was built on the ruins of another 6th-century church, and tombstones from an ancient Roman cemetery were used in its construction. The holy relics of the Orthodox saint Saint Irene (Aya İrini) were also kept here. While the church was in use, it was known among the people as the Northern Church.
In 1497–1498, shortly after Istanbul fell into Turkish hands, during the reign of Bayezid II, the section of the building known as the South Church was converted into a mosque by Fenarizade Alaaddin Ali bin Yusuf Efendi, the nephew of Molla Fenari and the qadi al-askari of Rumelia. A minaret was added to the southeastern part of the building. One of the half-domes was converted into a mihrab. The mosque was named after Isa Efendi, one of the madrasa’s chief preachers. After sustaining extensive damage in a fire in 1633 and becoming unusable, the mosque was restored in 1636 by Grand Vizier Bayram Pasha. During the same period, the building was converted into a mosque, and the North Church was converted into a dervish lodge. The columns were reinforced with buttresses. Its two domes were rebuilt from scratch, and the mosaics on the walls were removed. Another fire in 1782 damaged the building. The first major restoration following this occurred only in 1847–1848. During this restoration, the columns of the South Church were reinforced, and the half-walls serving as railings in the narthex were removed. After suffering another fire in 1918, the building was evacuated and fell into disuse. After the proclamation of the Republic, 22 sarcophagi were discovered during excavations conducted in 1929. The building underwent a comprehensive maintenance and restoration process in the 1970s and 1980s by the American Byzantine Society. Today, it continues to serve as a mosque. It is also known as the Lips Monastery.
The mosque was initially built in 1712, which is one of the last and finest of Bukhara's major buildings prior to the modern era. Those long wooden Iwans were added much later in 1912.
he mosque is a curious hybrid design reflecting Bukhara's harsh climate—stifling heat in summer months, bone-chilling cold in the winter, with periods of pleasant weather in between.
Taken in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.