The Suleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the second Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the second largest mosque in the city, and one of the best-known sights of Istanbul.It was built on the order of Sultan Suleiman I and was constructed by the great Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1558.
Sehitlik Mosque in Berlin is the most fabulous mosque and it is a structured as a dome. The architect of this mosque is Tarkan Akarsu ans Hilmi Senalp.The height of minaret is 37.07 m, gross floor space is 2 805 m, height to tip of dome is 21.1 m and interior height is 16.32 m.
The Piyale Pasha Mosque was commissioned by the grand admiral of the time, Mehmet Piyale Pasha (1553-1577) in the time of Selim II (1566-1574). It was built as a part of a larger complex with a dervish lodge, a madrasa, a bathhouse, and a tomb. Most of the buildings disappeared over time, but the mosque and the tomb remained intact. The complex was constructed on the site of a former dockyard, the site of a planned canal project supported by Piyale Pasha. Discarded after his death, the canal project was intended to enhance civic life in the area.There are six-domed structure in which the identical domes are arranged in two rows of three. The prayer hall measures about thirty and a half meters by twenty meters, with additional bays on both ends of the domed bays. The six domes, each approximately nine meters in diameter, are carried by two tapered granite piers in the center of the prayer hall. They rest on the qibla and along the sides of the entrance walls.
The Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center is intended to serve the growing number of Muslims that have moved to Rome. The mosque is the only one in Rome and the complex is considered one of the major monuments built in the city in the past few decades. It has become well known outside Rome and Italy as a result of the considerable coverage it has received in a number of international publications. The functional requirements for the design of the center included designing a prayer area which would accommodate 2'500 worshippers, and which would be served by ablution areas. In addition, the design was to include a smaller prayer hall which would accommodate 150 worshippers, an educational section containing a library and classrooms, a conference auditorium for 400 people, an exhibition area, and two residential apartments, one for the imam of the mosque and the other for visitors.
The Mevlana Mosque is a mosque in Rotterdam, Netherlands which serve mainly the Turkish-Dutch community. The mosque, named after Rumi, was built in 2001 and benefits from two minarets. The mosque was voted as Rotterdam's most attractive building in 2006.
The mosque was built in the Kazan Kremlin in the 16th century. It was named after Qolşärif who served there. Qolsharif died with his numerous students while defending Kazan from Russian forces in 1552. It is believed that the building featured minarets, both in the form of cupolas and tents. Several countries contributed to the fund that was set up to build Qolsharif mosque. Several countries contributed to the fund that was set up to build this mosque.
The Cologne Mosque is a project by German Muslims of the Organization DITIB to build a large, representative central mosque in Cologne, Germany. After some controversy, the project won the approval of Cologne's city council. The mosque is designed in Ottoman architectural style, with glass walls, two minarets and a dome. The mosque is proposed to have a bazaar as well as other secular areas intended for interfaith interactions.
Hagia Sophia from the Greek is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as the cathedral of Constantinople except between 1204 and 1261, when it was the cathedral of the Latin empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1934, when it was secularized; it was opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.
The "Great Mosque of Paris" located in the 5th arrondissement, is the largest mosque in France and the second largest in Europe. It was founded after World War I as a sign of France's gratefulness to the Muslim tirailleurs from the colonies who had fought against Germany. The Mosque was built following the mud jar style, and its minaret is 33 meters high.
The Blue Mosque was commissioned by Sultan Ahmet I when he was only 19 years old. It was built near the Hagia Sophia, over the site of the ancient hippodrome and Byzantine imperial palace.Construction work began in 1609 and took seven years. The mosque was designed by architect Mehmet Aga, whose unfortunate predecessor was found wanting and executed. Sultan Ahmet was so anxious for his magnificent creation to be completed that he often assisted in the work. Sadly, he died just a year after the completion of his masterpiece, at the age of 27. He is buried outside the mosque with his wife and three sons. The original mosque complex included a madrasa, a hospital, a han, a primary school, a market, an imaret and the tomb of the founder. Most of these buildings were torn down in the 19th century.
The Masjid-I Jahan-Numa commonly known as the Jama Mosque of Delhi, is the principal mosque of old Delhi in India.Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan,builder of the Taj Mahal and completed in the year 1656 AD. It is the largest and best-known mosque in India. It tiles at the origin of a very busy central street of old Delhi,Chandni Chowk.
Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah, the 5th ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty built Charminar in 1591 shortly after he had shifted his capital from Golkonda to what is now known as Hyderabad. He built this famous structure to commemorate the elimination of a plague epidemic from this city. This beautiful colossus in granite, lime, mortar and, some say, pulverised marble, was at one time the heart of the city. Initially the wonderful monument with its four arches was so proportionately planned that when the fort was opened one could catch a glimpse of the bustling Hyderabad city as these Charminar arches were facing the most active royal ancestral streets. There is also a legend of an underground tunnel connecting the palace at Golkonda to Charminar, possibly intended as an escape route for the Qutub Shahi rulers in case of a siege, though the exact location of the tunnel is unknown.
The Great Mosque of Cordoba, which is situated in Spain, placed its importance amongst the Islamic community. In Cordoba, the capital of Al-Andalus, the Great Mosque was seen as the heart and central focus of the capital.The master piece was created by Abd-Al-Rahman in the 8th century. The mosque’s floor plan is seen to be parallel to some of the earliest mosques built from the very beginning of Islam. The main hall of the mosque was used for a variety of purposes. It served as a central hall for teaching and to manage law and order.
In mid-15th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the inhospitable mangrove forest of the Sundarbans near the seacoast in the Bagerhat district by an obscure saint-General, named Ulugh Khan Jahan. He was the earliest torch bearer of Islam in the South who laid the nucleus of an affluent city.The general appearance of this noble monument with its stark simplicity but massive character reflects the strength and simplicity of the builder. This mosque is 160 ft long and 108 ft. in its width. This is one of the most beautiful archeological and historical Mosque in Bangladesh made by red burn mud. In Bengali Shat means the number 60. Though it is called Shat Gambuj Masjid, actually the numbers of Gambuj in the mosque are 81. The mosque roofed over with 77 squat domes, including 7 chauchala or four-sided pitched Bengali domes in the middle row. The vast prayer hall, although provided with 11 arched doorways on east and 7 each on north and south for ventilation and light, presents a dark and somber appearance inside. It is divided into 7 longitudinal aisles and 11 deep bays by a forest of slender stone columns, from which springs rows of endless arches, supporting the domes. Six feet thick, slightly tapering walls and hollow and round, almost detached corner towers, resembling the bastions of fortress, each capped by small rounded cupolas.
