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The Great Mosque of Xi’an is garden-style with Chinese architecture, albeit with Arabic writing immediately above this doorway.

Around 742 Emperor Xuanzong decreed that a place of worship was to be built for the Muslim community in the Tang dynasty’s capital of Chang’an (Xi’an today). The collapse of the Tang dynasty in 907 saw the destruction of Chang’an. The mosque was rebuilt multiple times over succeeding centuries. During the Ming dynasty (1368–1644; capital Nanjing and then Beijing) under the patronage of Emperor Hongwu (r.1368-1398), the mosque was reconstructed yet again around 1380 with further renovations and additions during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). [During the Cultural Revolution of Mao Zedong (1966-1976), the mosque was shut down like all religious facilities and converted to a steel factory.]

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Great Mosque of Xi’an 34°15'48.07"N, 108°56'12.68"E
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Author Dan Lundberg
Camera location34° 15′ 48.41″ N, 108° 56′ 12.49″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Dan Lundberg at https://flickr.com/photos/9508280@N07/29912104541. It was reviewed on 4 October 2023 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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