Called as “Spanish Mosque” it is an architecturally different kind of Mosque, which you can see in Hyderabad, India. This mosque stands out as a solemn testimony to a glorious past in an area where concrete structures now overshadow everything. A flyover, an over-head water tank and many other concrete buildings have submerged the mosque into the modern man made jungle!
After Viqar-ulUmra returned from his European tour, being the personal guest of Queen Victoria, he wanted to leave a mark of his own in Hyderabad. The architectural splendor of the monuments of Europe inspired him so much that he set out to build the most beautiful palace in the world ¬ Falaknuma Palace and a mosque in a very different style. Both the palace and the mosque were built during 1891 and 1904! Although he started the construction of Spanish Mosque, it was completed by his successor Nawab Sultan-ul Mulk Bahadur.
The mosque proper comprises of a main prayer hall, two rooms in front of it and a central corridor for entering the hall. An octagonal dome caps the central corridor with a perforated screen. The roof is of Jack arch type on iron girders with brick and lime concrete. The main roof is pointed and topped by two octagonal domes and four minarets.
Gorgeous architecture!
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