Thursday, September 24, 2009

beauty of aceh



Did you know? in 2004 and then when there are tsunami waves, the only building that was not damaged by the storm just this great mosque.




And this is the gate of the mosque.and if you want to know the history of this mosque, This history of this mosque .

Masjid Raya Baiturrahman is a mosque located in downtown Banda Aceh. This mosque is a mosque was formerly the Sultanate of Aceh.

When the Dutch attacked the city of Banda Aceh in 1873, the mosque was burned, and the Netherlands in 1875 to rebuild a mosque as his successor.

This single-domed mosque and can be completed on December 27, 1883. This mosque further extended to 3 dome in 1935. Last 5 expanded again into the dome (1959-1968).

This mosque is one of the most beautiful mosques in Indonesia, which has a nice shape, carving an attractive, spacious yard and was very cool when the room was in the mosque.


1 comment:

  1. Hello,
    Do you think that I could go into the mosque? Will they allow me to get in there although I'm not muslim?
    Cheers!

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