The blue mosque
Urban and Architectural
The Blue Mosque mixes traditional and modern architecture and is two storeys in height. The mosque cover 790 square metres (8,500 sq ft) and is built of blue bricks. Unlike many traditional mosques, the Blue Mosque lacks a loudspeaker used to broadcast the call to prayer. The mosque consists of a room for prayer, five Islamic education class rooms, a room for lectures, and two meeting rooms.
Description
The Blue Mosque (Dutch: Blauwe Moskee) is a mosque and cultural center in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, the Netherlands. Construction of the mosque was financed by the government of Kuwait through the offices of Europe Trust Netherlands and began in 2008.The mosque is architecturally significant for both its blue color and the fact that the structure lacks traditional minarets and other symbols associated with Muslim places of worship
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mosque_(Amsterdam)
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Details
Location
Henri Dunantstraat 10-12, 1066 AX Amsterdam
Year of Build
2009
Area
790 m²
Drawings
Map
Urban and Architectural
The Blue Mosque mixes traditional and modern architecture and is two storeys in height. The mosque cover 790 square metres (8,500 sq ft) and is built of blue bricks. Unlike many traditional mosques, the Blue Mosque lacks a loudspeaker used to broadcast the call to prayer. The mosque consists of a room for prayer, five Islamic education class rooms, a room for lectures, and two meeting rooms.
Description
The Blue Mosque (Dutch: Blauwe Moskee) is a mosque and cultural center in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, the Netherlands. Construction of the mosque was financed by the government of Kuwait through the offices of Europe Trust Netherlands and began in 2008.The mosque is architecturally significant for both its blue color and the fact that the structure lacks traditional minarets and other symbols associated with Muslim places of worship