Country |
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Description |
Year Taken |
Israel / Palestine |
Israel |
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Acre |
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Mosque of Ahmed Jezzar |
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The inside decoration of the 18th century mosque. |
1986 |
Israel / Palestine |
Israel |
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Ramla |
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The White Tower Mosque dates from 1267 and was used as a military base by both Napoleon and Allenby. |
1986 |
Israel / Palestine |
Israel |
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Ramla |
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A mosque that was once a church. |
1986 |
Israel / Palestine |
Israel |
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Lod |
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St George |
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The double shrine of St George is a (Greek Orthodox) church and a mosque. It dates from the 12th century. |
1986 |
Israel / Palestine |
Israel |
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Lod |
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St George |
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The mosque is built over a 6th century Byzantine church. |
1986 |
Israel / Palestine |
Gaza Strip |
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Gaza |
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Street scene and mosque. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Hilltop mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Al Husseiny Mosque |
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The Al Husseiny Mosque dates from 1924 (night view). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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The golden domed Salmah Bin Alakwa'a Mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Al Nuriye Mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
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The Ummayad mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
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Ruins of the Ummayad mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Church and mosque together in the commercial district. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate and the King Abdullah Mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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King Abdullah Mosque |
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The King Abdullah Mosque is named after the king who was assassinated in 1951 in Jerusalem. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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King Abdullah Mosque |
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The mosque was completed in 1989. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Gallery of Fine Arts |
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Etching of the Wahid Wazir Mosque by C Ali (Pakistan, 1980). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Gallery of Fine Arts |
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"Ukm Mosque" by Mansor Ghazalli (Malaysia, 2002). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Gallery of Fine Arts |
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"Omar Ali Saif Uddin Mosque" (1988) by Brunei artist PG Omar Ali bin PG HJ Mahari. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Jerash |
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Ummayad mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Jerash |
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Two mosques in the modern city. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Madaba |
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Night view of the city showing a mosque and a church. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Madaba |
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Ottoman style mosque in the centre. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The isolated building was originally a Byzantine church and later became a mosque. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The mosque dates from the Ayyubid period (early 13th century). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The mihrab (prayer niche) in the mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Kerak |
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Al Hamdi Mosque. |
2019 |
Kazakhstan |
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Almaty |
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Central Mosque |
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The Central Mosque dates from 1999. |
2008 |
Kazakhstan |
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Almaty |
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Central Mosque |
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Detail of the ribbed dome of the mosque. |
2008 |
Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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A single minaret is all that remains of the Arasta Mosque. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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Mosque and Orthodox church, a typical scene in the city. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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Sinan Pasha Mosque |
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The Sinan Pasha Mosque was built in 1615. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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Sinan Pasha Mosque |
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The mosque is in Ottoman style. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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Sinan Pasha Mosque |
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The mosque sits on a raised platform. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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The Emin Pasha Mosque. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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The Kuklibej Mosque (1534). |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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Ottoman houses and mosques by the river. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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Albanian League |
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The Gazi Mehment Pasha Mosque overlooks the complex. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Peja |
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Mosque and the Rugova Canyon on the edge of the city. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Pristina |
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Jashar Pashar Mosque. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Pristina |
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Sultan Fateh Mosque |
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The Sultan Fateh Mosque dates from the 15th century. |
2014 |
Kosovo |
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Central Kosovo |
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Village mosque near Peja. |
2014 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
Little India |
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The Al Shamlan Mosque is in the centre of Little India. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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Grand Mosque |
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The Grand Mosque is the largest in the city. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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Grand Mosque |
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The Grand Mosque opened in 1986. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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Grand Mosque |
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The mosque is modern and highly decorated. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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Grand Mosque |
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The view of Downtown from the mosque. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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Grand Mosque |
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Sief Square and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the mosque. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
Downtown |
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Mosque in front of modern buildings. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
Downtown |
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Modern architecture and traditional mosque. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
Salmiya |
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The Sheikh Nasser al Sabah Mosque is shaped like a pyramid. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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Al-Sharhan Mosque. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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The minaret of Abdulaziz Al Othman Mosque. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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Yaram Mosque. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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Yusef Halid Sulemon Mosque minaret. |
2019 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait City |
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Market and mosque. |
2019 |
Kyrgyzstan |
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Karakol |
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Central Mosque |
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The Chinese style Central Mosque. |
2008 |
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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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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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 |
Lebanon |
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Beirut |
Downtown |
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St George's Maronite Church and Muhammad Alamin Mosque. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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Beirut |
Downtown |
Muhammad Alamin Mosque |
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The modern Muhammad Alamin Mosque. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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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 |
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Beirut |
Downtown |
Mansour Assaf Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1597. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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Beirut |
Downtown |
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El Mumzi Mosque. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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Beirut |
Downtown |
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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 |
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Taylan Mosque |
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The Taylan Mosque dates from 1333. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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Tripoli |
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Taylan Mosque |
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The mosque is built on the site of a Carmelite church. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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The Sultan Abdul Mosque dates from 1648. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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Bekaa Valley |
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Aanjar |
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Small mosque in the fields near Aanjar. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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Bekaa Valley |
Baalbek |
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The Shia mosque in Baalbek, a Shia Muslim town in the northern Bekaa. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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Bekaa Valley |
Baalbek |
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The minarets of the Shia mosque. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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Bekaa Valley |
Baalbek |
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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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The Great Mosque. |
2015 |
Lebanon |
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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 |
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El Mina |
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Mosque overlooking a Roman column. |
2015 |
Malaysia |
Peninsular |
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Kuala Lumpur |
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Friday Mosque |
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The Friday Mosque. |
1992 |
Malaysia |
Peninsular |
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Kuala Lumpur |
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Friday Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1907 and is in Moorish style. |
1992 |
Malaysia |
Peninsular |
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Kuala Lumpur |
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Negara Mosque |
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The Negara Mosque is modern. |
1992 |
Malaysia |
Peninsular |
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Kuala Lumpur |
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Negara Mosque |
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The mosque has no dome. |
1992 |
Malaysia |
Peninsular |
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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 |
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Kota Bharu |
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The State Mosque. |
1992 |
Malaysia |
Peninsular |
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Kota Bharu |
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The entrance of the State Mosque. |
1992 |