Taken with Nikon D60, dated Apr 2009
The Acheen Street Mosque, also known as Masjid Melayu Lebuh Acheh, is located on he southern end of Georgetown, on Lebuh Aceh. The mosque was built on the land donated by Syed Sheriff Tengku Syed Hussain Aidid, an Acheh-Arabian mechant who settled in Penang.
The mosque is surrounded by rows of shophouses, a cemetery including the mausoleum of Syed Hussain and members of his family, and the original Muslim settlement of the mid 19th century. Its structure reflects a strong Moorish (northern Indian) architecture, combined with Chinese and classical elements visible in the entrance arch, the small domes on the parapet, classical columns, plaster renderings upon the walls and mihrab, and the Egyptian style minarets.
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