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10 mosques around the world with breathtaking architecture

Spanning Asia, Africa and Europe, these remarkable mosques showcase centuries of innovation through intricate tilework, soaring minarets and unforgettable design

Atreyee Poddar

From shimmering marble domes to mud-brick towers rising out of the Sahel, mosque architecture is one of the richest visual traditions on Earth. Across centuries and continents, master builders have used light, geometry, colour, and material to create spaces meant to humble and uplift. Here are ten mosques whose design still stops people in their tracks — wherever in the world they happen to be.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, UAE - Eighty-two gleaming domes, over a thousand columns, and the world's largest hand-knotted carpet make this one the most photographed mosques on the planet.
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Iran - Widely considered a pinnacle of Safavid design, it has a single dome wrapped in cream and turquoise tilework so intricate it seems to shift colour with the sun
Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali - The largest mud-brick building on Earth, re-plastered by hand each year in a citywide festival. Its wooden support beams jut from the facade like spines
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque, Iran - Known as the Pink Mosque, its prayer hall is lined with stained glass that scatters kaleidoscopic light across the carpets every morning
Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain - Walk into a forest of over 850 candy-striped double arches, a legacy of the mosque's Umayyad origins, later layered with a Renaissance cathedral built straight through its centre
Faisal Mosque, Pakistan - No dome in sight, instead, sharp concrete triangles echo a Bedouin tent, framed dramatically against the Margalla Hills
Hassan II Mosque, Morocco - Home to the world's tallest minaret at 210 meters, built partly over the Atlantic with a retractable roof and glass floor panels that look straight down into the sea
Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque), Turkey - Six slender minarets and a cascade of domes give this Ottoman icon its skyline-defining silhouette, while over 20,000 hand-painted İznik tiles give the interior its namesake blue glow
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Oman - Five years of craftsmanship produced a single Persian carpet weighing 21 tons and a Swarovski chandelier over 14 meters tall
Putra Mosque, Malaysia - Built from rose-tinted granite, this mosque seems to blush at dusk, its pink dome reflected in the still waters of Putrajaya Lake right beside it

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