Thursday, November 20, 2014

ISTIQLAL MOSQUE MAGNIFICENT

ENGLISH/INDONESIAN

Istiqlal Mosque is located in the capital city of Indonesia precisely northeast monument Monas.
Istiqlal Mosque was built in 1961 and was completed in 1978. The named Istiqlal means independence means.
Istiqlal Mosque is the pride of Indonesia. Istiqlal Mosque is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia. Liberty mosque can accommodate up to 200,000 worshipers. The mosque has an area of 3 hectares Istiqlal on a land area of 9.5 hectares.
The Istiqlal mosque consists of five floors.

The building consists of a mosque, park, parking lot, pond fountains and rivers that surround the parking lot of the mosque.
The mosque consists of a main building, building introduction, giant porch, tower and ground floor.
Main building consists of a main floor that serves to pray with a capacity of 16,000 people, and on the left side, right rear and there is a five-story floors which can accommodate as many as 61,000 people worshipers.
Behind the main building there is a preliminary building that serves as a liaison to the upper floors. Also, can serve 8,000 worshipers to prayer.
This building has 12 large pillar as a symbol of the birth date of the Prophet Muhammad. Pillars supporting a giant dome that has a diameter of 45 meters.
In addition to these two buildings, the Istiqlal Mosque also has a giant sized terrace measuring 19,800 meters at the terrace can be used for religious activities, such as the Quran and the practice Musabaqah Tilawatil Rituals of Hajj "said Siregar, who has worked at the Istiqlal mosque in the 80s.
Meanwhile, the minaret that served as the loudspeakers are designed with holes to reduce pressure and wind gusts. The tower has a height of about 6,666 centimeters.
square which can hold about 50,000 worshipers.
Above the call to prayer is a spire made of stainless steel weighing 28 tons with a height of 30 meters.
While the ground floor is under the main building, and preliminary building a giant terrace.
On the ground floor, there is a wide glass room that was used for the first and second Istiqlal Festival in 1991 and 1995.
In addition, there are dozens of rooms consisting of two halls and a few offices. Hall serves as a scientific discussions and meetings.
The mosque has a form of architecture liberty minimalist, simple and rigid. However, the simple shape and covered by the magnificent magnitude of the mosque.

Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta
 Masjid Istiqlal Jakarta

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