Katara Mosque
Blue and gold glass-mosaic mosque with nine domes and a freestanding, star-shaped minaret.
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This guide to Katara Mosque in Doha follows architect Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu, who designed Istanbul's Şakirin Mosque before turning to this coastal build, and the choices that give it its odd math: nine domes, one minaret standing apart from the building it serves. Restoration specialists brought from Istanbul's Dolmabahçe Palace set its thousands of glass mosaic tiles by hand. Look up at the gilded bands wrapping the domes before you decide whether this is the Blue Mosque or the Golden one.
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