| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
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Year
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| Kyrgyzstan |
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Karakol |
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Central Mosque |
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Detail from the mosque, built in 1910. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
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Karakol |
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|
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Silver domed mosque. These are common in Kyrgyzstan. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
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Issyk Kol South |
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Kaji Say |
|
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Small settlement with silver domed mosque. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
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Osh |
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|
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The central mosque is the largest in the country. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
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Osh |
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Solomon's Throne |
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The Dom Barburi Mosque. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
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Osh |
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Solomon's Throne |
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The first Moghul Emperor, Barbur, was crowned king of Fergana in 1479 in the Dom Barburi Mosque. |
2008 |
| Laos |
|
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Vientiane |
|
|
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 The Friday Mosque. |
2025 |
| Lebanon |
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Beirut |
Downtown |
|
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St George's Maronite Church and Muhammad Alamin Mosque. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
|
Beirut |
Downtown |
Muhammad Alamin Mosque |
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The modern Muhammad Alamin Mosque. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
|
Beirut |
Downtown |
|
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Churches and mosques mix in the old city centre. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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Beirut |
Downtown |
Mansour Assaf Mosque |
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The multi-domed Mansour Assaf Mosque. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
|
Beirut |
Downtown |
Mansour Assaf Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1597. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
|
Beirut |
Downtown |
|
 |
El Mumzi Mosque. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
|
Beirut |
Downtown |
|
 |
Al Omar Mosque is Mamluk and is built on the site of cusader church built on the site of a mosque built on the site of a Byzantine church built on the site of a Roman temple to Jupiter. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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|
Tripoli |
|
Taylan Mosque |
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The Taylan Mosque dates from 1333. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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|
Tripoli |
|
Taylan Mosque |
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The mosque is built on the site of a Carmelite church. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
|
Tripoli |
Souks |
|
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The 14th century Al Muallaq Mosque is known as the hanging mosque due to its location on an upper storey. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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|
Tripoli |
Souks |
Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque is in the centre of the souks. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
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Tripoli |
Souks |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1315. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
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Tripoli |
Souks |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque was built on the site of a crusader cathedral leaving the bell tower as a minaret. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
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Tripoli |
Souks |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque was built by the Mamluks. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
|
Tripoli |
Souks |
|
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The Al-Attar Mosque is in a side street. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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|
Tripoli |
Souks |
|
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The Al-Attar Mosque (Perfumers' Mosque) dates from the 14th century. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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|
Tripoli |
Souks |
|
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The 15th century Al Uwaysiat Mosque. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
|
Tripoli |
Souks |
|
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The Al Uwaysiat Mosque is cramped between buildings. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
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Byblos |
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|
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The Sultan Abdul Mosque dates from 1648. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
Bekaa Valley |
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Aanjar |
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Small mosque in the fields near Aanjar. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
Bekaa Valley |
Baalbek |
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|
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The Shia mosque in Baalbek, a Shia Muslim town in the northern Bekaa. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
Bekaa Valley |
Baalbek |
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|
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The minarets of the Shia mosque. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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Bekaa Valley |
Baalbek |
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|
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The blue tiled Shia mosque is run by Hezbollah. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
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Sidon |
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Sea Castle |
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Small mosque added by the Mamluks. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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Sidon |
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|
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The Great Mosque. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
|
Chouf Mountains |
Deir el-Qamar |
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Fakhr ud-Din Mosque |
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The Fakhr ud-Din Mosque dominates the main square. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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Chouf Mountains |
Deir el-Qamar |
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Fakhr ud-Din Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1493. |
2015 |
| Lebanon |
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Tyre |
|
El Mina |
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Mosque overlooking a Roman column. |
2015 |
| Malaysia |
Peninsular |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
|
Friday Mosque |
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The Friday Mosque. |
1992 |
| Malaysia |
Peninsular |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
|
Friday Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1907 and is in Moorish style. |
1992 |
| Malaysia |
Peninsular |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
|
Negara Mosque |
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The Negara Mosque is modern. |
1992 |
| Malaysia |
Peninsular |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
|
Negara Mosque |
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The mosque has no dome. |
1992 |
| Malaysia |
Peninsular |
|
Melaka |
|
|
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Malay mosque. |
1983 |
| Malaysia |
Peninsular |
Penang Island |
Georgetown |
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Kapitan Kling Mosque |
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The Kapitan Kling Mosque. |
1983 |
| Malaysia |
Peninsular |
Penang Island |
Georgetown |
Chinatown |
|
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The Malay Mosque with its unusual Egyptian style minaret. |
1983 |
| Malaysia |
Peninsular |
|
Kota Bharu |
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|
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The State Mosque. |
1992 |
| Malaysia |
Peninsular |
|
Kota Bharu |
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|
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The entrance of the State Mosque. |
1992 |
| Morocco |
|
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Tangiers |
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Sidi Bou Abib Mosque |
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The Sidi Bou Abib Mosque dates from 1917. |
1990 |
| Morocco |
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|
Fez |
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Qaraouyine Mosque |
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The 9th century Qaraouyine Mosque. |
1985 |
| Morocco |
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|
Fez |
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Qaraouyine Mosque |
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The mosque is very beautifully decorated. |
1985 |
| North Cyprus |
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|
Nicosia |
|
Arabahmet Mosque |
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The Arabahmet Mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
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|
Nicosia |
|
Arabahmet Mosque |
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The mosque dates from the 1765. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
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|
Nicosia |
|
Arabahmet Mosque |
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The mosque is in a quiet residential area. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
|
Buyuk Han |
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The courtyard has a small mosque in the centre. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
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|
Nicosia |
|
Selimye Mosque |
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The Selimye Mosque was originally a Lusignan church built in 1208. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
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|
Nicosia |
|
House of the Eves |
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The Selimiye Mosque (being renovated) from the upper terrace of the House of Eaves. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
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|
Nicosia |
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|
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The Yeni Mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
|
Nicosia |
|
|
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The Haydarpasha Mosque was once a church. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
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|
Nicosia |
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Haydarpasha Mosque |
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The mosque was originally a 14th century Frankish church, St Catherine's. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
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Kyrenia |
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Aga Cafer Mosque |
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The Aga Cafer Mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
Kyrenia Mountains |
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|
|
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The mosque at Degirmenlik. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
Kyrenia Mountains |
|
|
|
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Mosque on the plains near the mountains. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
|
Famagusta |
|
|
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Polatpasha Mosque in the new city. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
|
Famagusta |
Main Gate |
|
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View of the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
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Famagusta |
Main Gate |
|
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The tourist office is in a former mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
|
Famagusta |
|
Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque |
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The 14th century St Nicholas Cathedral was converted by the Ottomans into the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
|
Famagusta |
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Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque |
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Inside the cathedral-like mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
|
Famagusta |
|
Tanners' Mosque |
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The Tanners' Mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
|
Famagusta |
|
Tanners' Mosque |
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The front of the mosque. It was formerly a church. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
|
Famagusta |
|
Sinan Pasha Mosque |
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Peter and Paul Cathedral is now the Sinan Pasha Mosque. It was used by the British as a grain and potato store. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
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Famagusta |
|
Sea Gate |
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View of the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
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Famagusta |
Varosha |
Bilal Aga Mescidi Mosque |
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Bilal Aga Mescidi Mosque (1813) has been opened for worship. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
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Famagusta |
Varosha |
Bilal Aga Mescidi Mosque |
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The interior of the mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
Kyrenia Mountains |
Kaplica |
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|
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The village mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
Karpaz Peninsula |
|
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|
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Church and mosque together on the Karpaz Peninsula where several villages have mixed communities. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
Karpaz Peninsula |
Sipahi |
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|
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The village mosque. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
Karpaz Peninsula |
Rizokarpaso |
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|
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The mosque serves the mainly Kurdish setters from Eastern Turkey who arrived after 1974. |
2023 |
| North Cyprus |
|
Karpaz Peninsula |
Rizokarpaso |
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|
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View of the church and mosque. |
2023 |
| North Macedonia |
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Skopje |
Charshiya |
Trvdina Kale |
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The Mustafa Pasha Mosque (1492) from the walls of the fort. |
2006 |
| North Macedonia |
|
|
Tetovo |
|
Painted Mosque |
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The Pasha Mosque is better known as the Painted Mosque. |
2014 |
| North Macedonia |
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|
Tetovo |
|
Painted Mosque |
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The mosque is covered with painted geometric murals. |
2014 |
| North Macedonia |
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|
Tetovo |
|
Painted Mosque |
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The mosque was paid for by two women in 1438 and was rebuilt by the Ottomans in 1833. |
2014 |
| North Macedonia |
|
|
Tetovo |
|
Painted Mosque |
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The stone turbe is the tomb of the two women who financed the mosque. |
2014 |
| North Macedonia |
|
|
Tetovo |
|
Painted Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1459. |
2014 |
| North Macedonia |
|
|
Tetovo |
|
Baba Arabati Tekke |
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Small mosque with panelling and a small minaret. |
2014 |
| North Macedonia |
|
|
Tetovo |
|
Baba Arabati Tekke |
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Detail of panelling on a small mosque. |
2014 |
| North Macedonia |
|
|
Tetovo |
|
Baba Arabati Tekke |
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Stone mosque. |
2014 |
| North Macedonia |
|
|
Tetovo |
|
Baba Arabati Tekke |
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The mosque entrance. |
2014 |
| North Macedonia |
|
|
Ohrid |
|
Sveti Sofija Church |
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The 11th century Sveti Sofija Church was converted to a mosque under Ottoman rule. |
2006 |
| North Macedonia |
|
|
Ohrid |
|
Sveti Sofija Church |
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The church was converted to a mosque under Turkish rule. |
2006 |
| Oman |
|
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Muscat |
Old City |
Royal Palace |
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The Colonade is flanked by two mosques. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Muscat |
Old City |
|
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The Al-Mirani Fort overlooks the tiled Al Khor Mosque. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Muscat |
Matrah |
|
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The main mosque on the Corniche. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Muscat |
Ruwi |
|
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The Sultan Qaboos Mosque. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Muscat |
Al-Ghubrah |
Grand Mosque |
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The Grand Mosque was built by Sultan Qaboos to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his reign. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Muscat |
Al-Ghubrah |
Grand Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 2000 and has a distinctive dome. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Muscat |
Al-Ghubrah |
Grand Mosque |
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The mosque contains a Persian carpet, the world's largest. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Nizwa |
|
|
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Nizwa is dominated by its 17th century fort next to the main mosque. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Nizwa |
|
Nizwa Mosque |
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The mosque has a beautiful tiled dome. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Nizwa |
|
Nizwa Mosque |
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Detail of the dome and minaret of the Nizwa Mosque. |
2008 |
| Oman |
|
|
Nizwa |
|
Nizwa Mosque |
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The mosque from a nearby street. |
2008 |
| Pakistan |
Punjab |
|
Lahore |
|
Lahore Fort |
 |
The Pearl Mosque. |
1983 |
| Pakistan |
Punjab |
|
Lahore |
|
Badshahi Mosque |
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The gateway to Badshahi Mosque. |
1983 |
