Lala Tulpan Explained

Lala Tulpan
Bashkir: Ләлә-Тюльпан мәсете
Russian: Мечеть «Ляля-Тюльпан»
Religious Affiliation:Islam
Location:Ufa,, Russia
Coordinates:54.8197°N 56.0558°W
Established:1998
Architect:Wakil Davlyatshin
Architecture Type:Mosque
Architecture Style:Modernist
Capacity:1,000
Minaret Quantity:2
Minaret Height:53m (174feet)

Lala Tulpan (Bashkir: Ләлә-Тюльпан) ("Tulip in Bloom") in Ufa is one of Russia's largest mosques with 53-metre-tall[1] twin minarets. The building can hold up to 1000 worshippers.[2] It was built between 1990 and 1998 to a modernist design by Wakil Davlyatshin. In 2001 Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Talgat Tadzhuddin and other Muslim clerics at the mosque.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Мечеть "Ляля - Тюльпан" . 2015-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071749/http://tourism.ufacity.info/organization/121382.html . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  2. Web site: Мечеть Ляля-Тюльпан в Уфе . 2015-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160608170628/http://bash-stan.ru/mechet-lyalya-tyulpan/ . 2016-06-08 . dead .