Design and Architectural Style of Historical Classical Ethnic Mosques in Aceh Indonesia
As a place of worship, mosques around the world always have interesting designs and concepts. Not Indonesia, which has many diverse mosque designs, ranging from ethnic styles with a touch of local culture, to mosques built with modern and contemporary interior designs.
In this post I will show you a mosque with an ancient classical ethnic architectural design style. With a two-story building, one big dome, one small dome is equipped with three towers soaring into the sky.
As has been added, this mosque becomes three towers with a modern architectural design style.
Among the people of Indonesia, this mosque is better known as the Abu Beureueh Mosque. This mosque was built on the initiative of Tengku Muhammad Daud Beureueh in 1950 on an area of 10,200 m2. According to history, this mosque was successfully built on the cooperation of the Acehnese people.
EXTERIOR
This mosque has one big dome and one small dome and two old minarets and one new minaret. From the design and architectural style it looks classic and ethnic. This mosque is a symbol of victory, courage and initiative.
The walls of the mosque are made of iron and concrete. While some of the windows are made of iron, the walls are covered with Arabic calligraphy paintings. Some parts look minimalist and very classic, like mosques in the Middle East.
INTERIOR
Inside, the design and architectural style of this mosque shows ethnic minorities. In some corners of the room in an ancient classic style.
In the room there are also various carvings of Khatnaski or Kufic letters of God's name and verses of the Koran.
In the lower circle in the dome there are various decorative lamp knick-knacks. While the floor is tiled. The pillars of the mosque are made of solid concrete and cement.
At first glance, the traders in my city are very proud of this mosque, because this mosque is one of the largest mosques in my area.
Although there are many mosques built with various models and ancient architectural styles, both ethnic and classical, this mosque is embedded in historical values in the form of war and pride in the victory of Muslims in my country. You can watch more in the video I posted here.
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