Masjid Zahir, Malaysia
From series “Top Largest and Famous Mosques Worldwide”Year: 1912.
In Kedah, Malaysia has placed an outstanding and unusual Zahir Mosque. It adores people with one its façade. The stone walls of the mosque are beige and the cupolas are the rich black. This combination is quite rare among modern mosques. The mosque has a rich historical past. It was built in 1912 and placed on the territory of more than 11,5 thousand square meters. The main decoration of the building is five huge black cupolas that symbolize the main principles of Islam.
The prayer hall area is 350 square meters. It is surrounded with marvellous verandas with attics. The mosque is situated in a significant historical place, earlier there was a burial ground where the warriors of Kedah were buried. They died protecting their own city form the aggressors the Siamese in 1821.
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