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    Posted: 13-Sep-2005 at 12:32

juma mosque TASHKENT Uzbekistan
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Samarkand: Sher Dor Medressa

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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan:
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and then Shiraz ...
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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan

Wow! That is just a wonder of the Islamic Archeticture!
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Shahzadah Mosque-Istanbul(Builted 1544-1548).

It is apprantice work of Architect Sinan. Builted by Suleyman the Magnificent for his child died in a young age. His name was Shahzadah Mehmet. 

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Yeni Mosque-Istanbul

 
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Here are some churches from Armenia, and some more from the Armenian diaspora. Some of the mosques overshadow them, but anyway...

Echmiadzin Cathedral, built upon the site of a Zoroastrian temple in 309. Rebuilt and improved later.

Sourp Khach church on the island of Akhtamar in Lake Van, Turkey. Built in 915.

Armenian Cathedral in Beirut, Lebanon

An Armenian church in Iraq

Dadivank in Shushi, Nagorno-Karabagh

Vank Cathedral (Isfahan, Iran)

The inside of St. James church in Jerusalem



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I always thought the most imporatnt Armenian church is the Saint Jude Thaddeus Cathedral/Mausoleum (Thaddeus was an apostle who brought Christianity to Armenia) in Maku:
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thanks alot Cyrus .. very nice pictures...
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I always thought the most imporatnt Armenian church is the Saint Jude Thaddeus Cathedral/Mausoleum (Thaddeus was an apostle who brought Christianity to Armenia) in Maku:

Forgot about that one.  Indeed it's important. The Sourp Khach church is supposedly the architecturally perfect Armenian church. The kumpet has the form of Mount Ararat.

St. Gregory the Illuminator, the one who officially converted Armenia to Chrisitanity, supposedly saw Jesus showing where Echmiadzin has to be built. The name of the church itself means ''descent of the One-Born''

Today, there's a conflict between the Catholicosate of Cilicia (which is located in Beirut) and the Catholicosate of All Armenians (in Echmiadzin, Armenia). Both Catholicosates want to extend their influence in the diaspora. The conflict was much worst when Armenia was a Soviet Republic. For example, a partisan of Echmiadzin had desecrated the mother church in Beirut by urinating in it. And, a partisan of the Cilician Catholicosate has supposedly assassinated an Armenian bishop from Echmiadzin, etc...
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A mosque in Yerevan, Armenia.

 
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Hagia Sophia
Mosque & Cathedral

 
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What's the first mosque ever built? The one in Mecca? What about the first church?
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I dont know. The remains of an early Christian church were found a while back in Albania in a city called Saranda. They were from about the 3th century AD. There were probably many others that likely have not surived the times in the middle east, or in the Balkans.
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i think mosques are more bueatifull and artistic from inside and outside ...
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This is a former mosque in Zagreb, Croatia. It used to be a mosque until the end of WWII. Now it serves as an art exhibit.
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Here is an old photograph with the three minarets.
 
 
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WOW! Those are beautiful photos of mosques and churches. Here's St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.




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Here's the Trinity Church of Boston, Mass (USA). This is considered the finest church edifice in New England (and maybe the country). It is of pure French Romanesque style, in the shape of a Latin cross, with semi-circular apse (cavity) added to the eastern arm.






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Here are some mosques in the United States:

In Tempe, Arizona, a more traditional mosque with dome and minaret:



The Islamic Cultural Center which has become a landmark in downtown New York City:



The Islamic Society of Greater Houston, Texas, built in the early '90s:

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