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Next to
Brooke Dockyard at Lebuh Market is a beautiful mosque on a hilltop. The mosque is known as Kuching City Mosque or Divisional mosque.
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Kuching City Mosque is the first mosque in the city and was built by Datuk Patinggi Ali in 1847. However, the existing mosque is a new mosque and was built on the same site as the original mosque was declared open by the King of Malaysia on 20th September 1968.
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Its distinctive golden dome is a recognized landmark of Kuching. The mosque can accommodate 4000 worshippers.
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With the location at the hilltop, it offer a picturesque view of the city as well as the river (not shown here)
4 comments:
first time to see the golden dome.
it's really unique =)
I didn't go in the mosque... just took couple shots from outside :)
WTF, i nvr c that mosque even though im from kuching!! OMFG!! u r great!! LOLx...
Nice colour and design :)
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