Mosque monument
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Mosque monuments are places of worship that usually feature highly skilled calligraphy and geometric artwork. This article contains a list of the most important of these monuments.

Mamluk Mosques

  • Blue Mosque, Cairo
    Blue Mosque, Cairo
    The Aqsunqur Mosque located in Cairo, Egypt is one of several blue mosques in the world. Completed in 1347, the Blue Mosque, located in the heart of Islamic Cairo, is of Mamluk origin. The mosque is located on Bab el-Wazir Street...

  • Sultan Hassan Mosque, Cairo
  • Sultan Farag ibn Barquq Khanqah, Cairo
  • Sultan Barquq Mosque, Cairo
  • El-Nasir Muhammad Mosque, Cairo
  • Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad
    Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad
    The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad is a Mosque in Cairo, Egypt next to Bab Zuwayla built by the Mamluk sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Sayf ad-Din Shaykh from whom it takes its name. Construction began in 1415 and the mosque was completed in 1421. The complex included a Friday mosque and a madrasa for four madhhabs...

    , Cairo
  • Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey, Cairo

Ottoman Mosques

  • Mosque of Muhammad Ali
    Mosque of Muhammad Ali
    The Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha or Alabaster Mosque is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848....

    , Cairo
  • Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo
  • Sultan Ahmed Mosque
    Sultan Ahmed Mosque
    The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire . The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior....

    , Istanbul
  • Hagia Sophia
    Hagia Sophia
    Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey...

    , Istanbul
  • Beyazit Mosque, Istanbul
  • Eyup Sultan Mosque
    Eyüp Sultan Mosque
    The Eyüp Sultan Mosque is situated in the district of Eyüp on the European side of Istanbul, near the Golden Horn, outside the Walls of Constantinople...

    , Istanbul
  • Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
  • Yeni Mosque
    Yeni Mosque
    The Yeni Camii, The New Mosque or Mosque of the Valide Sultan is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Eminönü district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is situated on the Golden Horn at the southern end of the Galata Bridge. It is one of the best-known sights of Istanbul.-History:The construction of...

    , Istanbul
  • Fatih Mosque
    Fatih Mosque
    The Fatih Mosque or Conqueror's Mosque in English) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was one of the largest examples of Turkish-Islamic architecture in Istanbul and represented an important stage in the development of classic Turkish...

    , Istanbul
  • Ortakoy Mosque
    Ortaköy Mosque
    Ortaköy Mosque , officially the Büyük Mecidiye Camii of Sultan Abdülmecid) in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, is situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus....

    , Istanbul
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