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A distortion corrected impression of Juma Mosque, Shamakhi (Shemaki) Azerbaijan. The original mosque was built in the mid- 8th century but wars and earthquakes have necessitated several reconstructions/restorations. The most recent major work was begun in 2009. The minarets are 47 metres high.
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This gold-plated dome mosque is one of the most beautiful mosque in the Southeast Asian. It is located in Jalan Nurhasim, Meruyung, Limo-Depok. It has 5 gold-plated domes with the largest has 16 meters diameter and 25 meters height. This mosque stands in 100 hectare area meanwhile the mosque itself has 8.000 square meters area.
Sultan Ahmet Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, is one of the famous landmarks in Istanbul. Built in early 1600s during the rule of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I, it incorporates some Byzantine Christian elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period.
Shot here are a series of photographs I took of the mosque and Hagia Sofia at dusk, during my recent trip to Istanbul.
At 210 metres in height the minaret is the second tallest minaret in the world. It has a laser beam fitted at the top, which is electronically operated in the evening. It is oriented towards Mecca, across the sea and has a range of 30 kilometres. The minaret is said to enhance the visual alignment of the boulevard. It is square in shape thrusting skyward. The base to the top width ratio of 1 to 8 (between basement and the summit) has a marble covering on the exterior with austere decoration. The faces of the facade have carved ornamentation with different materials. There are stitches of roudani tracetine on a 100,000 MP surface. This decorative material (with chrome and green as dominant colours), is a substitute for the use of bricks, the material used in many other notable minarets, and has given the mosque an extraordinary elegance. Green tiles decorate the minaret for one third of the height from the top, and then changes colour to deep green or turquoise blue; it is said that in the Hassan II minaret, the designer had used his sea-foam green and God's blue to celebrate the life of a king. The concrete used for the minaret was a special high-grade type, which could perform well under severe conditions of a combined action of strong wind and seismicity. This was achieved by the Science Department of the Bouygues Group, the contractors for the project, who developed an extra-strength concrete four times stronger than ordinary concrete. Called B.H.P (highly resistant concrete), it offers a resistance to compression value of 1200 bars per sqcm (claimed to be a world record) and has a very quick setting time. This enabled the building of a taller structure with due underpinning of the foundation, while adhering to the construction schedule. Cranes were also designed to suit the height of the minaret for concreting.
There are some very old mosques in Bitlis, sometimes difficult to find in the narrow streets in the centre.
Bitlis, Eastern Turkey
El miracle de les mosques va succeir, diuen, el setembre de 1286, quan l'exèrcit del rei de França, Felip l'Ardit, va assetjar Girona, amb el rei Pere d'Aragó.
Encara que la ciutat va capitular sense lluita, els francesos, en entrar a la ciutat, es van portar de manera ignominiosa: van robar, insultar i oprimir els gironins; van assaltar esglésies tot fent riota dels objectes de culte i, finalment, van profanar el cos de Sant Narcís, guardat a la col·legiata de Sant Feliu, i li van trencar un braç.
Això va ser massa: del cos del sant varen començar a sortir unes mosques gegants que es varen posar a picar furiosament tant els soldats francesos com els seus cavalls. I tot seguit de ser picats, els enemics morien espeternegant.
Aquest suposat fet va ocasionar una multitud d'escrits, sermons i llegendes i va originar també la típica i tòpica iconografia gironina que lliga indissolublement la imatge de les mosques a la ciutat."...
The Wazir Khan Mosque 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. The mosque is inside the Inner City and is easiest accessed from Delhi Gate.
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat, Oman
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Mooshir Mosque. The mosque is approximately 250 years old and is currently being restored. Photo taken on August 23, 2015 in Shiraz, Iran.
This is the mosque in Aachen, it was built from 1964 to 1972 and is located on the area of the RWTH Aachen University, the university I attend. The idea for this photo came accidentally, I was on top of the neighbouring multi-storey car park by accident, I intended to visit some other locations, but when I saw the mosque in the sunset I just had to shoot it (with the camera, damn anti-islamistic thinking people!)
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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 Straits Mosque, Melaka or Masjid Selat Melaka, is a mosque on the man-made island of Pulau Melaka near Malacca Town in Malacca state, Malaysia. It looks like a Floating Structure if the water level is high. Construction cost of the mosque is about MYR10 million.
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Bibi-Khanym Mosque (Persian: مسجد بی بی خانم; Uzbek: Bibi-Xonum machiti) is a famous historical Friday mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, whose name comes from the wife of 14th-century ruler, Amir Timur.
After his Indian campaign in 1399 Timur decided to undertake the construction of a gigantic mosque in his new capital, Samarkand. The mosque was built using precious stones captured during his conquest of India. According to Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, 90 captured elephants were employed merely to carry precious stones, so as to erect a mosque at Samarkand — Bibi-Khanym Mosque. Construction was completed between 1399 and 1404. However, the mosque slowly fell into disuse, and crumbled to ruins over the centuries. Its demise was hastened due to the fact it pushed the construction techniques of the time to the very limit, and the fact that it was built too quickly. It eventually partially collapsed in 1897 when an earthquake occurred. However, in 1974 the government of the Uzbek SSR began to reconstruct the mosque, although the current mosque (which is still not completed) is effectively a brand-new building, as no original work remains. The bazaar at the foot of the Bibi-Khanym has changed little since 600 years ago.
The mosque was built between the years 1606 to 1616 by Sultan Ahmet and sits high on top of one of the hills of Istanbul. The interior of the mosque is decorated with blue tiles. A huge courtyard adjoins the mosque as do fountains and gardens.
When I see sights like this and am part of a huge throng of people, I try to focus on shots that don't include the masses of people.
Plaza level view of the Hassan II Mosque showing the massive bronze doors and arches of the minaret on the left and the main building on the right.
Casablanca, Morocco
The Hassan II Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الحسن الثاني, French: Grande Mosquée Hassan II) is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the second largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the 7th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world's second tallest minaret at 210 metres (689 ft). Completed in 1993, it was designed by Michel Pinseau under the guidance of King Hassan II and built by Moroccan artisans from all over the kingdom. The minaret is 60 stories high topped by a laser, the light from which is directed towards Mecca. The mosque stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic Ocean; worshippers can pray over the sea but there is no glass floor looking into the sea. The walls are of hand-crafted marble and the roof is retractable. A maximum of 105,000 worshippers can gather together for prayer: 25,000 inside the mosque hall and another 80,000 on the mosque's outside ground.—from Wikipedia
Taken in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
The Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque (Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz in Malay) or to use its other name Blue Mosque is the largest in Malaysia. It has the capacity for 24,000 people and has the largest religious dome and tallest group of minarets in the world. Thanks for viewing.
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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.
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