Lisbon Mosque
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The Central Mosque of Lisbon is the main mosque of the Portuguese Islamic community. It was inaugurated in 1985, to serve the Muslim
community of the Portuguese
capital, Lisbon
.
It was designed by architects António Maria Braga and João Paulo Conceição. The external features include a minaret
and a dome. The mosque contains reception halls, a prayer hall and an auditorium.
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
community of the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
capital, Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
.
It was designed by architects António Maria Braga and João Paulo Conceição. The external features include a minaret
Minaret
A minaret مناره , sometimes مئذنه) is a distinctive architectural feature of Islamic mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure. The basic form of a minaret includes a base, shaft, and gallery....
and a dome. The mosque contains reception halls, a prayer hall and an auditorium.