Wooden Mosque
mosque in Nishapur County, Iran
Key facts
- Built
- 2000
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Overview
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The Wooden Mosque, known in Persian as Masjed-e Choubi, stands in Nishapur County in Iran's Razavi Khorasan Province. It is built entirely of wood, which makes it unusual among the mosques of the region. One source describes it as the first earthquake-resistant wooden mosque in the Islamic world, built in the quake-prone area around Nishapur. Another places it in the village of Choubin, south-east of the city of Nishapur, while the catalogue record gives its location as Darbeghazi, near Soltanabad.
History
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According to the catalogue record, the mosque was built in 2000. One source states that construction took about two years and used some 40 tonnes of timber.
From Wikipedia
The Wooden Mosque (Persian: مسجد چوبی) is a mosque situated in the village of Choubin, south-east of the city of Nishapur, Iran. This mosque is built completely of wood.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_Mosque
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Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_en_bois_de_Nishapur