SHAT GAMBUJ MOSQUE BD

The Shat Gambuj Mosque in Bagerhat is such a heritage .It became a UNESCO World Haritage Siye in 1985.

Originally, the historic Mosque City was khown as 'khalifatabad'. It as situated at the outskirts of bagerhat town--- not very far from the dens mangrove forest of the sundarbans.Khalifatabad was Muslim colony. It was founded by the Turkish genarel, a saint warrior Ulugh Khan Jahan in the 15th century. The infrastructure of the city reveals significant technical skills in many mosques as well as early Islamik monuments. Baked bricks were used for the counstruction of the buildings. The planning of the city was distinctly dominated by Islamic architecture and the decorations were a combination of Mughal and Turkish architecture.

There were about 360 Mosques in the city. Among them the most remarkable is the multi-domed Shat Gombuj Mosque. The mosque is unique in the sense that it has 60 pillars that support the roof, with 77 low hieght domes. The 4 towers at 4 corners have smaller domes on the roof as well.The vast prayer hall has 11 arched doorways on the east and 7 each on the north and south for light and ventilation. It has 7 aisles running along the length of the mosque & 11 deep curves between the slender stone columns. The thikness of the arches is 6 feet and have slightly narrowing hollow & and raund wall.
The west wall the in the interior has 11 'mihrabs'(Niche in mosque pointing towards Makkah)

Today, It is one of the greteast tourist attraction and one of the best architectural beauties Of Bangladesh....