Talk:Abbas Abad (Tehran)

Mosalla Mosque Tehran Iran
Can someone create a wikipage for the mosalla mosque being built in Iran, it is the largest in the world.

heres a link to some pictures :

http://www.allempires.net/favorite-architecture_topic11902.html

Claims of the biggest in the world are always difficult to verify, but Shariatmadari offers some comparisons. Tehran's Grand Mosala sits on a 650,000 square-metre site, 450,000 of which will be a covered area when completed. Neither of the famous Saudi Arabian mosques in Medina and Mecca, the holiest sites in Islam, are more than 400,000 square metres. Medina's covered space is only 100,000 square metres.

``Building mosques has become a fashion'' in the Muslim world, Shariatmadari says, pointing to newly built mosques in Oman and Morocco, whose grand mosque reportedly cost more than $1 billion. And none of those come close to the Grand Mosala's size, either, he adds.

The Grand Mosala is the creation of architect Parvis Mo-ayed Ahd, 80, who divides his time between Paris and Tehran.

Construction began six years ago. Only 25 per cent of the complex is completed, but 80,000 cubic metres of concrete have been poured, and 30,000 tonnes of steel used so far.

One of its prayer halls spans 50,000 square metres, with ceilings 14 metres high. The mosque's dome will be 57 metres in diameter and will be crowned by a stylized arch spanning 130 metres.

``The arch is a big headache for us. We are on an earthquake zone. . . so it needs a very special design to make sure it will not collapse for 400 years,'' Shariatmadari says.

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 7 one external links on Abbas Abad (Tehran). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added tag to http://www.tehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=20414&language=en-US
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20081009221038/http://www.citiesprojects.org:80/tehran/tehran_press.htm to http://www.citiesprojects.org/tehran/tehran_press.htm
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20081205012830/http://www.tehranmetro.com:80/schedules/maps/index.asp to http://www.tehranmetro.com/schedules/maps/index.asp
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20081227113731/http://www.tibf.ir:80/default.aspx to http://www.tibf.ir/default.aspx
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20081011195702/http://archnet.org:80/library/pubdownloader/pdf/2575/doc/DPC0056.pdfib to http://archnet.org/library/pubdownloader/pdf/2575/doc/DPC0056.pdfib
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090323005424/http://www.gsd.harvard.edu:80/people/faculty/moussavi/pubabout.html to http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/moussavi/pubabout.html
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090804001816/http://www.indonesian-embassy.ir:80/english/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=1&Itemid=41 to http://www.indonesian-embassy.ir/english/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=1&Itemid=41
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090428145754/http://www.ir.emb-japan.go.jp:80/index.htm to http://www.ir.emb-japan.go.jp/index.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 07:38, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Abbas Abad (Tehran). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110604195702/http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=2575 to http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=2575

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 00:03, 25 June 2017 (UTC)