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Design Of Mosque

The pillars of the mosque right before entering.

The construction of the Mosque of Rome played a vital part during the 1990's as the religion had compounded throughout the world. It's growth to the western section of the world was one of the reasons the mosque was built in the first place. An abundance of Muslims in Rome and countries surrounding it had finally received a holy sanctuary. The design of the mosque is precise as it holds nearly 2,500 people in the prayer area. Architects Paolo and Sami decided to add another small private prayer room holding up to 150 worshippers. They would proceed to add classrooms/libraries for educational purposes as well as an auditorium for important conferences regarding business/events for the mosque. To top all of this included in the Mosque are two residential complex's, one in which is for the Imam to live and the other for visitors coming to live the experience of the largest mosque in Europe. The scale of this mosque is about 300,000 square feet and is filled with beautiful mosaics and calligraphy, held by large pillars on the outside of the mosque which are measured around 80 meters. Southwest of the prayer hall is where the Minaret is located while the prayer hall itself is about 8 meters above the ground level. The prayer hall is topped by one central dome which has a diameter of more than 20 meters and is surrounded by sixteen smaller domes all around the mosque. While designing the mosque, it's construction was split into two parts one being the prayer hall which is if not the most important room in the building and the other part fulfils all the other functions from mosque (classrooms, auditorium, wudu area, etc.) The second part of the mosque was built underneath the prayer hall and resembles an "H" shape. For the women in this mosque, they have their own prayer section which is about a one-fourth of men's prayer hall and is also below them downstairs.

Mosque of Rome
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Sunni
Leadership	Muhammad Hassan, Abdulghaffar (Chief Imam and Khateeb) Abdullah Ridwan (Chairperson)
Location
Location	Parioli, Rome, Italy
Shown within Rome
Geographic coordinates	41°56′5.17″N 12°29′42.8″ECoordinates: 41°56′5.17″N 12°29′42.8″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Paolo Portoghesi, Vittorio Gigliotti, Sami Mousawi, Nino Tozzo
Type	mosque
Completed	1994
Construction cost	€40 million
Specifications
Capacity	12,000 worshipers
Dome(s)	1
Minaret(s)	1
Minaret height	43 m

Finance of Mosque

The exterior of the Mosque

The cost of the mosque ranges from 40-50 million euros after all construction/material wages. The estate in which the mosque is located was granted by the city in Rome. Other Muslim countries played a vital role in terms of moral support and helped financed the mosque itself. Moroccan and Turkish government stepped in taking incentive constructing the main prayer hall along with the small prayer section located downstairs. Algeria, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen. All these countries above were contributors to making the largest mosque in Europe with Saudi Arabia being the front-runner making major contributions of nearly 20 million euros. To put into perspective the amount of money needed for the project, it costs a little over 3,000 dollars per square foot.

References

1. Salama, Ashraf. "Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre". https://www.archnet.org/publications/985
2. Stegers, Rudolf. "ProQuest Ebook Central". ebookcentral.proquest.com.