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.