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Maimbung mosque
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Visual materialSubject(s): 1970 | Provinces and cities | Maimbung, Jolo | 1970 | amrt | architecture | byzantine | crescent moon | minarets | mindanao | mosques | New Mosques | star | sulu | SuluOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website With printsGeneral Note(s): New mosque of Maimbung constructed in the early 1950''s is a painted concrete temple complete with a central dome flanked by low, tapering, polygonal minarets capped with the ubiquitous crescent and star resting on tear-shaped bases. Tile roofing of the central dome is characteristically Byzantine. Besides the domes and minarets another feature of modern mosque design is the rooftop porch enclosed by balustrades of painted ceramicImage type: OriginalMedia format: With prints
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Geographical File | GE00910 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | GE00910 |
New mosque of Maimbung constructed in the early 1950''s is a painted concrete temple complete with a central dome flanked by low, tapering, polygonal minarets capped with the ubiquitous crescent and star resting on tear-shaped bases. Tile roofing of the central dome is characteristically Byzantine. Besides the domes and minarets another feature of modern mosque design is the rooftop porch enclosed by balustrades of painted ceramic.
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