Oman

Oman's largest congregational mosque in Muscat, built from late 1994 and inaugurated on May 4, 2001, clad in roughly 300,000 tons of Indian sandstone with five minarets symbolizing the Five Pillars of Islam. The main prayer hall houses a hand-woven Persian carpet measuring 70.50 by 60.90 meters (4,343 m²) and a 14-meter Swarovski crystal chandelier, with the wider complex accommodating about 20,000 worshippers.

Sultan Qaboos Street, khu Al Ghubrah, Bawshar, Muscat

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The oldest Hindu temple complex in the Sultanate of Oman and one of the oldest in the Persian Gulf region, situated in the historic walled core of Old Muscat less than three hundred meters from the Al Alam Royal Palace, established in the late nineteenth century by Gujarati Bhatia merchant families on land granted by the Al Said dynasty, uniting the shrines of Shri Adi Motishwar Mahadev, Shri Motishwar Mahadev, and Shri Hanumanji around a perennial freshwater well.

Oldest Continuously Operating Hindu Temple in the Sultanate of Oman and Historic Religious Sanctuary under the Royal Patronage of Oman in Old MuscatAl Saidiya Street and Qasr Al Alam Street, Old Muscat, near Al Alam Royal Palace, Muttrah Wilayat, Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman

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The oldest Roman Catholic parish and Mother Church of the Catholic community in the Sultanate of Oman, located in the commercial valley of Ruwi in Muscat on land graciously donated by Sultan Qaboos bin Said in the early 1970s, first consecrated by Cardinal Agnelo Rossi on April 4, 1977 and rebuilt as a grand modern sanctuary consecrated by Cardinal Jozef Tomko on November 10, 1995 under the pastoral care of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

First Roman Catholic Parish and Mother Church of the Sultanate of Oman, within the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (AVOSA)Way 3322 (Church Street, Al Kana'is Christian Complex, Darsait and Ruwi), P.O. Box 612, Postal Code 112 Ruwi, Muttrah Wilayat, Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman

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A landmark of contemporary Omani and Islamic architecture crowning an elevated plateau 62.5 meters above sea level in the Bausher district of Muscat, constructed between 2008 and June 18, 2014 through the patronage of the Saud Bahwan Charitable Foundation, clad in luminous white Macedonian marble with a 48-meter central dome, twin 65-meter minarets, a 2,500-square-meter hand-knotted Persian carpet, and an 11-meter 24-karat gold-plated Swarovski crystal chandelier.

Premier Contemporary Congregational Mosque of Muscat (Second Largest Mosque in the Capital Region after the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque)Muscat Southern Expressway and 23rd July Street, Bausher (Bawshar Wilayat), Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman

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One of the oldest and most historically significant mosques in the Sultanate of Oman, nestled within the ancient mud-brick alleys of the Harat Al-Aqr walled quarter next to Nizwa Fort in the former Imamate capital of Nizwa, tracing its foundational tradition to the first century of Islam and celebrated across the Arabian Peninsula for its masterpiece carved stucco mihrab dated Jumada al-Ula 936 AH (January 1530 CE) by master craftsman Isa bin Abdallah bin Yusuf.

National Historic Islamic Monument of the Sultanate of Oman in the Former Imamate Capital of Nizwa (Baydhat al-Islam)Harat Al-Aqr Historic Walled Quarter (Al-Aqar), adjacent to Nizwa Fort and Nizwa Souq, Nizwa, Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Sultanate of Oman

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