Sunshine Mosque | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
Ownership | Cyprus Turkish Islamic Community of Victoria |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Sunshine, (Melbourne), Victoria, Australia |
Location in greater metropolitan Melbourne | |
Geographic coordinates | 37°46′19″S 144°48′04″E / 37.771833°S 144.801159°E / -37.771833; 144.801159 |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Ottoman architecture |
Completed | 1992 |
Construction cost | A$2,500,000 |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | 17 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Website | |
sunshinemosque |
The Sunshine Mosque is an Ottoman/Turkish-style mosque located in Sunshine, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The mosque contains 17 domes, a minaret, and a courtyard.[1]: 295 The mosque is owned by the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Community of Victoria.
In 1985, the Turkish Cypriot community in Melbourne saw the potential to build a mosque on a vacant block on Ballarat Road in Sunshine, Melbourne.[1]: 294 Three members of the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Society offered their homes as guarantors to the Bank and became the owners of the lot for $191,000.[1]: 294 Construction of the Turkish Cypriot Mosque began in 1992. The Mosque was designed to mirror the Sultan Ahmed MosqueinIstanbul, Turkey.[1]: 295 According to a recent[when?] calculation by the committee of the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Society, the total expenditure of the Mosque exceeded $2,500,000.[1]: 296
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