Mosque Meanderings--City Mosques

Here is part 2 of my mosque pictures. These pictures will be mosques built on a much larger scale in Muscat, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai.

Abu Dhabi

Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

Muscat

Mosque photographed in Muscat at night allows the stained glass to "show off".
During the day this mosque is pretty, but night is when it really shines.

This is the ablution area outside of the mosque above--where feet and hands may be
ceremoniously washed before entering the mosque.

I apologize for the construction wall in the front, but I was not allowed to go beyond this point, and there is no other vantage point from which to view the designs on this mosque.

Looking through the city gate of Mutrah ("old" Muscat)
at a mosque with the mountains in the background.

Mosque at the Mutrah souk (original port of Muscat)

Turkish mosque--architect style based
on Turkey's Blue Mosque

Grand Mosque of Muscat

This mosque is open for tourists, and it's so big that one picture can't show it all. It is a large complex consisting of separate prayer spaces for the men and the women. There are many gardens both inside and outside the exterior walls as well as multiple courtyards.

Outer courtyard

Side entrance gate 

Inner courtyard between men's and women's worship areas

View from ablution/classroom areas

Entrance to men's mosque

Interior of men's mosque

Side hallway of men's mosque

Mosaic tiles lining breezeways throughout the mosque--there 

are more designs than I could include in this blog!

Sample of wood carving inside the mosque

Dubai

 

This mosque is hard to photograph as it is on the main highway between Muscat and Dubai, but it is beautiful day or night.

These are just but a few of the architectural samples of mosques that you will find in Oman. You can't go too far without seeing one!