Heritage Sites

Bagh-e Babur

There are four other sites on Afghanistan’s “tentative list” for Unesco World Heritage nomination. Bagh-e Babur in...

Only two Afghan sites are currently inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list. The first was the Minaret of Jam...

The Demak Great Musjid (Indonesian: Masjid Agung Demak) is one of Indonesia's oldest Musjids, situated in Demak,...

The Sunan Ampel Mosque is located in the city of Surabaya, East Java, and is named after one of the nine saints of...

In front of Maimoon Palace, about 100 meters, stands the Great Mosque of Medan or Masjid Raya Al Mashun, a popular...

The original Masjid Raya ("Grand Mosque") was built in 1612 during the reign of Sultan Iskandar Muda. Some say the...

Jamek Mosque, officially Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque is one of the oldest Musjids in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is...

The Kapitan Keling Mosque is a Musjid built in the 19th century by Indian Muslim traders in George Town, Penang,...

The Ketchaoua Mosque was commissioned in 1520 by Hayreddin Barbarossa, then-Ottoman ruler of Algeria, in the famed...