Jumu'ah mosque · 1993

Ibrahim ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Ibrahim Mosque

Ibrahim ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Ibrahim Mosque
5 photos & drawings
Completed
1993
Built area
5000 m2
Capacity
3,500worshippers
Country
Brazil

Overview

About the mosque

The mosque designed by architect Zuhair Fayez occupies an area of 5000 m², its minaret is 113 metres high and the dome is 23 metres high. Construction of the mosque was completed in 1993. The mosque can hold around 3500 worshipers. Rising higher between the Catholic Cathedral a few blocks away and the Caracas Synagogue, the minaret is the highest in the Americas.

Background

History

The Mosque Ibrahim Ibin Abdul Aziz Al-Ibrahim (Spanish: Mezquita Sheikh Ibrahim Bin Abdulaziz Al Ibrahim) or Caracas Mosque is a mosque in the El Recreo district of Caracas, Venezuela. It is the second largest mosque in Latin America after the King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center in Buenos Aires. Mirroring modern Venezuela's religious tolerance and its oil realpolitik the construction of the mosque began in 1989 by Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim.

Where

Location

SCLN, 704 Bloco, G - Loja 9, A, 17 - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70730-670, BrazilOpen in Google Maps

References

  1. 01https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en.wikipedia.org
  2. 02archnet.org/sites/1495archnet.org

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Meet the architectZuhair Fayez (Zuhair Fayez Partnership Consultants)