The Essalam Mosque

The Essalam Mosque is one of the major mosques in the Rotterdam - near the Feijenoord football stadium - and is the largest mosque in the Netherlands.

The mosque is an eyecathcher in the district with a dome of 25 meters high and minarets of 50 meters high. 

The Mosque - founded in 1987 - was designed by the Dutch architect Wilfried van Winden and was finally inaugurated on December 17, 2010. Its led by Imam Azzedine Karrat.

The design is based on the so-called Medina concept (reflecting the architecture of the Grand Mosque in Medina) in style and builds upon the tradition of, among others, the fifteenth-century Mamluk architecture in Cairo.  
The facade is covered with colored stone slabs and subtle blue-gray stone accents.


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