4 notable sites ranked among the world's top 100
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A striking tent-shaped mosque designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay, inspired by a Bedouin tent. With no traditional dome, its eight-sided concrete shell and four 90-meter minarets can hold 300,000 worshippers.
One of the most unconventional mosque designs in the world. The national mosque of Pakistan and a symbol of Pakistani-Saudi friendship.
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Built by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, this red sandstone and marble mosque was the largest in the world for 313 years. Its courtyard can hold 100,000 worshippers and its three marble domes are clad in white marble.
The symbol of Lahore and one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture, rivaling the Taj Mahal in grandeur.
Considered the most ornately decorated Mughal mosque, every surface is covered in elaborate kashi-kari (faience tile) mosaic work and frescoes depicting floral and geometric patterns in vivid colors.
The most elaborately decorated mosque in the Mughal Empire, a pinnacle of kashi-kari tile art.
The sprawling educational, cultural, and social welfare complex surrounding the Faisal Mosque includes an Islamic research center, library, museum, and auditorium.
One of the most comprehensive Islamic cultural complexes in the world.
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