Nurul Islam Great Mosque
mosque in West Sumatra, Indonesia
Informations clés
- Construction
- 1952
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The Nurul Islam Great Mosque, also known as the Sawahlunto Great Mosque, stands in the Kubang area of North Sirakuak, Lembah Segar District, in the town of Sawahlunto, West Sumatra. It lies about 150 metres from the Sawahlunto Railway Museum. The building began as a steam power plant from the Dutch colonial period and now serves as a mosque. Its former chimney functions as a minaret, and the main building has a large central dome surrounded by four smaller ones. The two-story mosque is used for worship and also for the religious education of the surrounding community.
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The building was constructed in 1894, during the Dutch colonial period, as a steam power plant. In 1952 its function changed and it became a mosque. The chimney was reused as a minaret, and a 10-metre dome was added.
Beneath the main building lies a foxhole that was used for assembling weapons such as hand grenades and mortars.
Extrait de Wikipédia
The Nurul Islam Great Mosque or also known as Sawahlunto Great Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia located in Kubang Subdistrict of North Sirakuak, District of Lembah Segar, Sawahlunto town, West Sumatra. The location is about 150 meters from the Sawahlunto Railway Museum.
The mosque was built during the Dutch colonial period, and it was originally a steam power plant. The building was built in 1894 and changed its function to a mosque in 1952, while its chimney was later used as a minaret and a 10-meter dome was additionally built. The main building of the mosque measures 60 × 60 meters and has one large dome in the center surrounded by four smaller domes. Underneath the main building was a foxhole that had been used for assembling weapons such as hand grenades and mortars.
Currently in addition to its function as a place of worship for Muslims, this two-story mosque is also used as a place of religious education for the surrounding community.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurul_Islam_Great_Mosque
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Agung_Nurul_Islam