Sunshine Mosque
| Sunshine Mosque | |
|---|---|
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| Basic information | |
| Location |
Sunshine, Victoria (Melbourne) Australia |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Website | http://sunshinemosque.com.au/ |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Mosque |
| Architectural style | Ottoman |
| Completed | 1992 |
| Construction cost | $2,500,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 17 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
The Cyprus Turkish Islamic Community of Victoria, more commonly known as the Sunshine Mosque, is an Ottoman/Turkish-style mosque in Sunshine, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Mosque contains 17 domes, a minaret, and a courtyard.[1]
History
In 1985, the Turkish Cypriot community in Melbourne saw the potential to build a mosque on a vacant block on Ballarat Road in Sunshine, Melbourne.[2] Three members of the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Society offered their homes as guarantors to the Bank and became the proprietors of the lot for $191,000.[2] Construction of the Turkish Cypriot Mosque began in 1992. The Mosque was designed to mirror the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.[1] According to a recent calculation by the committee of the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Society, the total expenditure of the Mosque exceeds $2,500,000.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 Hüssein 2007, 295
- 1 2 Hüssein 2007, 294
- ↑ Hüssein 2007, 296
Bibliography
- Hüssein, Serkan (2007), Yesterday & Today: Turkish Cypriots of Australia, Serkan Hussein, ISBN 0-646-47783-8.
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Coordinates: 37°46′19″S 144°48′04″E / 37.771833°S 144.801159°E