Nur-Astana Mosque

The 40-meter (131-foot) height symbolizes the age of the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he received the revelations, and the height of the minarets are 63 meters (207 foot), the age Muhammad was when he died.

[1] The mosque designed by Charles Hadife an architect based in Beirut Lebanon is located at the left riverbank in the city of Astana, construction first started in March 2005.

The mosque was a gift in accordance with the agreement of the Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa.

The structure is made of glass, concrete, granite and alucobond measures.

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