Selangor, Malaysia
Coordinates: 3.078600, 101.520600
The Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque is the state mosque of Selangor, Malaysia.
It is considered the largest mosque in the country and also the second largest mosque in Southeast Asia after Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Its most distinguishing feature is its large blue and silver dome. The mosque has four minarets, one erected at each of the corners
The mosque overlooks the Garden of Islamic Arts, a landscaped park inspired by the Quranic Garden of Paradise.
The mosque has the capacity to accommodate 12,600 worshippers and is large enough that on a clear day it can be seen from some vantage points in Kuala Lumpur.
Biggest Dome
The mosque has the distinction of having the largest religious dome in the world, measuring 51.2 m (168 ft) in diameter and reaching 106.7 m (350 ft) above ground level
Construction began in 1982 and finished on 11 March 1988. The mosque is also known as the Blue Mosque owing to its blue dome.
Minarets
The four minarets, each reaching 142.3 m (467 ft) above ground level, are the third tallest in the world, after those at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, and the Djamaa el Djazaïr in Algiers, Algeria.
In its early years, the mosque was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the tallest minaret in the world before being supplanted by the 210 m (690 ft) minaret at the Hassan II Mosque in August 1993. However, the mosque still maintains the distinction of having the world’s tallest group of minarets.
