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_Ghana National Mosque

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The mosque complex is said to have a 15,000-seat capacity and was constructed on a 42-acre plot of land. It has an office building housing the National Chief Imam’s, project managers’, and other employees. It also has a morgue, a library, a school, dorms, worker housing, and guest housing, as well as a clinic equipped with labs and a pharmacy. It has a minaret that is visible from various locations in Accra.

The mosque was constructed in the Ottoman revival style, and its four recognizable minarets rise 65 meters above the ground. It is supposedly a copy of the Blue Mosque. Exterior fixtures are composed of carrara marble. Blue paints and stained glass windows with patterns dominate the upper levels of the mosque’s interior. Quranic texts in calligraphic hand-drawn script make up the inner decorations. There are rugs covering the flooring. The mihrab in the mosque is composed of marble sculpture, and it is topped by a double inscriptive panel and stalactite niche. Around the main dome, the outside feature is constructed with a cascade of domes.

Mosque Data

Architect

Type

Jumaa

Country

Ghana

Owner/Founder

Turkish Hudayi Foundation

Year

2012

Area

42000 m2

Drawings

Interactive Map

Mosque Data

Architect

Type

Jumaa

Country

Ghana

Owner/
Founder

Turkish Hudayi Foundation

Year

2012

Area

42000 m2

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