Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
by Mawra Tahreem
Title
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Artist
Mawra Tahreem
Medium
Painting - Acrylic Paints
Description
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is one of the only mosques in Oman that allows non-Muslim visitors. The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is the main mosque in the Sultanate of Oman. It is in the capital city of Muscat. In 1992 Sultan Qaboos directed that his country of Oman should have a Grand Mosque. A competition for its design took place in 1993 and after a site was chosen at Bausher construction commenced in December of 1994. Building work, which was undertaken by Carillion Alawi LLc took six years and seven months.The mosque is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone. The main musalla (prayer hall) is square (external dimensions 74.4 x 74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height of fifty metres above the floor. Painting medium isacrylic paints.
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