Male' Hukuru Miskiy
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Male' Hukuru Miskiy is an ancient decorated mosque located in the city of Malé
, Kaafu Atoll
, Maldives
. The mosque
was originally constructed in 1658 AD by the Sultan of the Maldives over two years time, and was constructed mostly out of coral
stone. The buiding is surrounded by a 17th century cemetery, whose coral stone
headstones are intricately and uniquely carved. The site also includes a coral stone minaret.
The interior of the mosque has many valuable samples of traditional Maldivian art in the form of woodcarving and lacquerwork in panels and ceilings.
World Heritage Tentative List in the Cultural category.
Malé
Malé , is the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives. It is located at the southern edge of North Malé Atoll . It is also one of the Administrative divisions of the Maldives. Traditionally it was the King's Island, from where the ancient Maldive Royal dynasties ruled and where...
, Kaafu Atoll
Kaafu Atoll
Kaafu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It consists of Kaashidhoo Island, Gahaafaru Atoll, and Malé Atoll...
, Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
. The mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
was originally constructed in 1658 AD by the Sultan of the Maldives over two years time, and was constructed mostly out of coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
stone. The buiding is surrounded by a 17th century cemetery, whose coral stone
Porites
Porites is a genus of scleractinian coral which is characterised by a finger-like morphology. Members of this genus have widely spaced calices, a well-developed wall reticulum and are bilaterally symmetrical...
headstones are intricately and uniquely carved. The site also includes a coral stone minaret.
The interior of the mosque has many valuable samples of traditional Maldivian art in the form of woodcarving and lacquerwork in panels and ceilings.
World Heritage Status
This site was added to the UNESCOUNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
World Heritage Tentative List in the Cultural category.