Malé Friday Mosque

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historic building mosque religious site tourist attraction

Malé Friday Mosque is a historic 17th-century coral stone mosque in the capital of the Maldives, renowned for its intricate carvings and significance as one of the country’s oldest and most important Islamic sites.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Grand Friday Mosque 2
Malé Friday Mosque canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture ⓘ
traditional Maldivian architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Islamic culture in the Maldives ⓘ
Maldivian history ⓘ
sultanate period of the Maldives ⓘ
builtInCentury 17th century ⓘ
constructionMaterialSource coral reefs ⓘ
country Maldives ⓘ
culturalRegion South Asia ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
flooringMaterial coral stone ⓘ
governingBody government of Maldives ⓘ
surface form: Government of Maldives

Ministry of Islamic Affairs (Maldives) ⓘ
hasFeature courtyard ⓘ
graveyard ⓘ
mihrab ⓘ
minbar ⓘ
prayer hall ⓘ
hasFunction Friday mosque ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
tourist site ⓘ
heritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
heritageDesignation Tentative World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage tentative list ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
locatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
Kaafu Atoll ⓘ
Malé ⓘ
material coral stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
near Islamic Centre ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Centre (Malé)

Republic Square (Malé) ⓘ
surface form: Republic Square, Malé
notableFor calligraphic inscriptions ⓘ
coral stone walls ⓘ
intricate carvings ⓘ
lacquer work ⓘ
wooden interiors ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
roofType timber roof ⓘ
significance major example of coral stone architecture ⓘ
one of the most important Islamic sites in the Maldives ⓘ
one of the oldest mosques in the Maldives ⓘ
usedFor Friday congregational prayers ⓘ
daily prayers ⓘ
usesLanguageInInscriptions Arabic ⓘ
Dhivehi ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Male → hasLandmark → Malé Friday Mosque ⓘ
subject surface form: Malé
Malé → contains → Malé Friday Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Friday Mosque
Islamic Centre → hasPart → Malé Friday Mosque ⓘ
subject surface form: Islamic Centre (Malé)
this entity surface form: Grand Friday Mosque