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Sunday 25 August 2013

Postcard: I Love KL (1)

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Natalia (Russia- via Postcrossing -MY160493)

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Masjid Jamek (Jamek Mosque) 1909
Bought at KL Art Gallery

Size:
12cm x 17cm

Description:
Masjid Jamek is the first brick mosque in the city. It was constructed on the first Malay Burial Ground in Kuala Lumpur. Feature Moghul architecture and heritage, it has three Moghul domes, a courtyard, minarets set at a symmetrical composition of the mosque and smaller chhatris surrounding it. Today, this mosqur is the only place in Kuala Lumpur where coconut trees still survive the onslaught of modernity to give the place a countryside feeling.

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