Madrid Mosque, a photo from Madrid, Madrid

Photographer's Note

The Islamic Cultural Center and mosque in Madrid (Spain) is a building located at 4 Rue de Salvador de Madariaga, San Pascual (district of Ciudad Lineal). Its western facade gives way to the M-30, which made the construction is also popularly known as the Mosque of the M-30.
Today is the first mayor of the mosque (masjid) in the capital, followed by the Mosque Muslim community in Spain or in Detroit.
In 1976, 18 Muslim countries with diplomatic representation in Spain has signed an agreement to build a mosque in Madrid. However, the project was delayed for 11 years, until King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has provided funds (12 million euros) to execute the construction. After five years of work, September 21, 1992, and Saudi Arabia King Juan Carlos I of Spain inaugurated the building. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia marked the spiritual and administrative ICC until early 2001, when he continued to oversee the College itself Concerted Action. Today, spiritual direction is in charge of Sheikh Mahmoud Moneir, Sunni Egyptian national, who also serves as the main magnet. In the civil engineering staff Moroccan, Syrian and Spanish, with a ratio of about 40% of women (according to sources own staff of the mosque).
In all, 12,000 square feet on six floors and includes a mosque with a school, library (with funds Arabic, Spanish, English and French), two exhibition galleries, a museum, an auditorium, gymnasium The director of housing and the magnet, a restaurant and a cafeteria. The building facade is made of white marble and the interior of the mosque was inspired by the Alhambra in Granada.

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Morac (27419) 2010-04-20 12:14

Bonsoir Manu,

C'est tout à l'honneur de l'Espagne, fière de son passé arabo-andalou, d'avoir édifiée cette mosquée.
Bonne soirée
Marc

pazufferey (4854) 2010-04-20 12:20

Bonjour Manu,

Une belle architecture.
Des piliers très fins avec des couleurs différentes ont se repose de belle voutes.
Bon point de vue, bravo pour la composition.

Amicalement
Patrick

Waylim (22349) 2010-04-20 18:40

Ola Manuel,
Very good shot consider the low light indoor. the repetitive columns provide depth, nice colors, good composition, the noise level is a little high, but that is not bad at for such light condition, and informative note about the different culture in Madrid.
Way

foozi (7101) 2010-04-20 20:19

Hi Manuel,
this is really splendid. I dont really expect to see these pillars so colourful.
Super and grand graphico, i would say. The symmetry , the repetition and the shines all give a stunning effect and excellent composition.

Regards,
Foozi

Nicou (97637) 2010-04-21 0:43

Hello,

Merveilleuse composisiton, quel perspective et graphisme cescolonne de support avec le partie blanche, les lampes, ce tapis au sole, magnigique ambiance et compo.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

manousos_jr (285) 2010-04-21 7:15

Hi Manuel

Wonderful colours!
nice shot.

friendly
Georgios!

peppe59 (14547) 2010-04-21 10:02

Ciao Manuel,
grandissime geometrie perfette, molto belli i colori e la nitidezza dei particolari, una gran bella foto.
Complimenti e a presto.
peppe

coco (30433) 2010-04-21 12:09

Hola Don Manuel.

Ese ruido... un poco más de definición sin ruido haría ganar mucho a la foto.
Con todo el lugar es genial y también el manejo de la luz.

Carlos.

prabut (3548) 2010-04-21 12:55

Hello Manuel
Gorgeous, light and colorful architecture. From the ceiling hung a beautiful lamp. Very nice light, nice colors and great composition photos.
Best regards
Slawek

diomed (13926) 2010-04-22 8:00

Hi Manuel,
what a lovely perspective and what an elegant architecture. Superb light, great contrast and sharp, nice composition.
Good Day
Antonio

LeeLoo (0) 2010-04-22 9:32

Dear Manuel Mayorga!
Wonderful mosque, amazing interior, fantastic columns. Nice lightness. Good capture. Very good frame.
Interesting note.
TFS!

guitianmiranda (5303) 2010-04-23 14:35

Creo que es la primera imagen que veo del interior de esta mezquita. He fotografiado muchas veces en el interior de iglesias cristianas, pero nunca lo hubiera hecho dentro de una mezquita exceptuando la de Córdoba, puesto que en la actualidad es un templo católico... por qué? Supongo que por que me siento identificado aunque no soy creyente con la cultura occidental y el cristianismo, y no con el Islam, y en ese sentido, solo por respeto a lo ajeno, a lo desconocido, me impide ser tan atrevido como tu, o tal vez tu sí seas musulmán. Es solo un sentir, una apreciación, es simplemente algo personal.

Un saludo.

emjleclercq (15778) 2010-04-25 13:31

Nice inside view, and interesting view. It is very intersting to see a new mosque built in Sapin when you think of what happened to some of the old one. I find the atmposhere here much different from the church/mosque of Cordoba, which I like a lot, but wher the ceiling in much lower compared to this one. Here it reminds me more of a church with this very heigh ceiling.

All the best,

Emmanuel

emilbo (20838) 2010-05-06 8:15

Salut Manuel,
Merveilleuse prise de vue et et excellente perspective. La répétition des arches et les poteaux de différentes couleurs rendent la photo très intéressante. Bel éclairage et superbes couleurs.
Tous mes compliments,
Emilius

Photo Information

Copyright: Manuel Mayorga (ManuMay) (33311)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2010-03-28
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture, Artwork
Camera: Canon Ixus 95 IS
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/20 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Madrid, Your favorites!!, Modern Mosques in Europe [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2010-04-20 12:01
Favorites: 1 [view]