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| China |
Xinjiang |
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Kashgar |
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Tomb of Abakh Hoja |
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 The entrance to the third mosque. |
2025 |
| China |
Shaanxi |
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Xian |
Muslim Quarter |
Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque is one of the largest in China. |
1988 |
| China |
Shaanxi |
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Xian |
Muslim Quarter |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque is divided into several courtyards. |
1988 |
| China |
Shaanxi |
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Xian |
Muslim Quarter |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque resembles a Chinese temple. |
2009 |
| China |
Shaanxi |
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Xian |
Muslim Quarter |
Great Mosque |
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Structures at the mosque show a mixture of Chinese and Persian influences. |
2009 |
| China |
Shaanxi |
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Xian |
Muslim Quarter |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque gardens. |
2009 |
| China |
Shaanxi |
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Xian |
Muslim Quarter |
Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque is a mixture of Islamic and Chinese styles. |
2009 |
| China |
Hong Kong |
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Kowloon |
Nathan Road |
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The Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre. |
2012 |
| China |
Hong Kong |
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Kowloon |
Nathan Road |
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The Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre was established in 1986. |
2012 |
| Colombia |
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Popayan |
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Mosquera House |
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Mosquera House is a colonial villa set on two levels around a courtyard. |
1995 |
| Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
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Omeriye Mosque |
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The Omeriye Mosque is used by the Bengali and Somali communities. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
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Omeriye Mosque |
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The mosque was completed in 1571. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
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Omeriye Mosque |
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Inside the mosque. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
Faneromeni Square |
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Faneromeni Square has a mosque. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
Faneromeni Square |
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Inside of a closed mosque. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
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Leventis Gallery |
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"View of a Square with a Mosque" by Symeon Savvidis (1859-1927). |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
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Tahtakale Mosque |
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Tahtakale Mosque was once the centre of a pre-1963 Turkish quarter. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
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Observatory |
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Churches in the Republic of Cyprus and mosques in the occupied North. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Troodos Foothills |
Episkopeio |
Tamassos Complex |
|
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Model of Cathedral of St Nicholas (now the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque) in Famagusta. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
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Larnaca Fort |
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Larnaca Fort with the Great Mosque behind. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
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Larnaca Fort |
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View of the Great Mosque from the fort. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
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Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
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Great Mosque |
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The mosque was originally a 16th century Latin church. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
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The old Turkish Quarter is dominated by the mosque. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
Salt Lake |
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The Salt Lake is dominated by the Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
Salt Lake |
Hala Sultan Tekke |
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The Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
Salt Lake |
Hala Sultan Tekke |
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The mosque (known locally as the Tekke) is set in a pleasant garden. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
Salt Lake |
Hala Sultan Tekke |
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The mosque is small and simply decorated inside. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
Salt Lake |
Hala Sultan Tekke |
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The mosque is famous for the Tomb of Umm Haram, the nursemaid of the Prophet, who died here in 649 during an Arab raid. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Larnaca |
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Jazz Festival |
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Near the old mosque. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Limassol |
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Grand Mosque |
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The Grand Mosque being renovated in 2023. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
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Limassol |
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Mosque in the old city. |
2023 |
| Cyprus |
Akrotiri and Dhekelia [UK] |
Limassol to Paphos Coastal Road |
Paramali |
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The mosque. The village was mixed Greek and Turkish before 1974. |
2023 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Cairo is a city of mosques of many styles and ages. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Cairo is a city of many mosques. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Stone carving in the Mosque of Sultan Mu'Ayyad Shaykh (1420). |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Azhar Mosque |
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The al-Azhar Mosque dates from 972 and is the site of the world's oldest university (988). |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Qalawyn Mosque |
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The Sultan Qalawyn Mosque was built in 1285. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Qalawyn Mosque |
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The mosque was used as a lunatic asylum until 1850. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque |
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The Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque |
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The mosque is Shia. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Street scene between the Sultan Hasan and al-Rifa mosques. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Hasan Mosque |
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The Sultan Hasan Mosque (1360) is one of the largest in the world. Its walls are 36m high. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Hasan Mosque |
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Mameluke stonework in the mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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The al-Rifa Mosque contains a number of tombs including the last Shah of Iran. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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The Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque is the largest in Cairo and dates from 879. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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View over the mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Facade of the Sultan Qalawyn Mosque (1285), named after a slave who became a sultan. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Hakem Mosque |
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Market outside the al-Hakem Mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Hakem Mosque |
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The mosque was completed in 1013 and is popular with Shi'ite Indians. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Amir ibn al-as |
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The Mosque of Amir ibn al-as is the oldest in Africa, founded in 641. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Amir ibn al-as |
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Entrance to the mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed |
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The Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed |
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The mosque dates from 1338. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
City of the Dead |
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Former mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
City of the Dead |
|
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Mosque and tombs sit side by side in the district. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
Citadel |
Mosque of Mohammed Ali |
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The Ottoman style Mosque of Mohammed Ali (1857) overlooks Cairo from the citadel. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
Citadel |
Mosque of Mohammed Ali |
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Detail of the mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
Citadel |
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The citadel with a French clocktower beyond the mosque of Mohammed Ali. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
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The Abu-i-Haggag Mosque was built in the 19th century but the smaller minaret dates from 1077. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
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View of the Abu-i-Haggag Mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Aswan |
Elephantine Island |
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Mosque and mud bricks. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Aswan |
Elephantine Island |
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Nubian mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Sinai |
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Mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Sinai |
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Mount Sinai |
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The summit (2285m) is topped by a small mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Sinai |
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Mount Sinai |
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The summit has a small mosque. |
1986 |
| France |
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Paris |
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Orsay Museum |
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"Mosque During Arab Festival" by Pierre-August Renoir. |
2005 |
| France |
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Paris |
Latin Quarter |
|
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North African style mosque. |
1991 |
| France |
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Albi |
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Cathedral de Ste-Cecil |
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The early 1500s frescos reach the ceiling and resemble decoration in a mosque. |
2016 |
| Georgia |
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Tbilisi |
Old City |
Tbilisi Mosque |
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The mosque is the only one in the city to have survived the Russian occupation. |
2011 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Prayer niche from the Maydan Mosque in Kashan, 1226. |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Detail of the Maydan Mosque prayer niche from Kashan, 1226. |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Niche from the Beyhekim Mosque in Konya (13th century Seljuk Turkey). |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Detail of the tile mosaics on the Beyhekim Mosque niche (Konya). |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Detail of the tile mosaics on the (Seljuk) Beyhekim Mosque niche (Konya). |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Mosque lamp from Iznik (Turkey, 1515). |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Detail of mosque lamp from Iznik (Turkey, 1515). Iznik is famed for its blue tile work. |
2022 |
| Greece |
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Thessaloniki |
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Rotunda |
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The Rotunda was converted to a mosque by the Ottomans who added a minaret. |
2014 |
| Greece |
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Kos |
Kos Town |
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The Ottoman style Kos Mosque. |
1986 |
| Greece |
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Athens |
Plaza Monastiraki |
Museum of Traditional Greece Ceramics |
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The museum is set in the Ottoman Mosque of Tzistarakis, built in 1759. |
2014 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The entrance to the Jami Masjid ("Friday Mosque"), the Great Mosque. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
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Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The mosque was completed in 1658 by the fifth Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan. |
1983 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
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Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The mosque is surrounded by a fort like wall. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The grounds hold 25,000 people making it the largest mosque in India. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The mosque was built in 1658 by Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan (who later built the Taj Mahal in Agra). |
1983 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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View of the mosque from the minaret. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The mosque is a fine example of Moghul architecture. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Red Fort |
|
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The Pearl Mosque was built by the sixth Moghul Emperor, Aurangzeb. |
1983 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Red Fort |
|
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The Pearl Mosque dates from 1659. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Lodhi Gardens |
|
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Bara Gumbad and Mosque. |
1983 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Qutab Minar |
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
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The Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Qutab Minar |
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
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The mosque is the first to be built in North India. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Qutab Minar |
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
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The mosque was constructed in 1193 using columns from 27 Hindu and Jain temples. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Qutab Minar |
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
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A couple at the mosque. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Agra |
|
Agra Fort |
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The Pearl Mosque dates from 1653. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Agra |
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Agra Fort |
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The Pearl Mosque is made of marble and was constructed by the fifth Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Agra |
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Taj Mahal |
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The Taj Mahal is flanked by a pair of sandstone mosques. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Agra |
|
Taj Mahal |
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The Taj Mahal viewed from one of the two mosques that flank it. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
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|
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View of the Dargar Mosque. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
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|
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The Persian style Jami Masjid is said to be a copy of a mosque at Mecca. |
1983 |
