List of mosque monuments
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.
Monument types
Islamic most sacred mosques
Andalucian mosques
Fatimid mosques
- Al-Azhar Mosque
- Al-Hussein Mosque
- Sayyeda Nafisa Mosque
Mamluk mosques
- Blue Mosque, Cairo
- Sultan Hassan Mosque, Cairo
- Sultan Farag ibn Barquq Khanqah, Cairo
- Sultan Barquq Mosque, Cairo
- El-Nasir Muhammad Mosque, Cairo
- Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad, Cairo
- Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey, Cairo
Ottoman mosques
- Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo
- Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo
- Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul
- Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
- Beyazit Mosque, Istanbul
- Eyup Sultan Mosque, Istanbul
- Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
- Yeni Mosque, Istanbul
- Fatih Mosque, Istanbul
- Ortakoy Mosque, Istanbul
References
1. Swidan, Tariq, The Pictorial History of Al-Andalus, Kuwait: Ibdaa Fikry, 2006.
2. Williams, Caroline, Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press 2002.
See also
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