We visited the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque of Muscat, the third largest mosque in the world, and it is truly spectacular.
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Unfortunately, I did not take a great shot of the whole building from a distance, but here is a link to a beautiful picture taken at night
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Grand_Mosque_muscat.JPG
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| This is the room where the women pray. |
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The morning hours are the only times that non-Muslims may enter the mosque.
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| This is the main room of the mosque, where the men pray. A guide told us that the chandelier weighs eight tons. To get a sense of the scale, notice the people standing in the lower center. |
This place of worship is clearly something the Omanis are very proud of.
Stunning!
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