Two tall minarets
On the central skyline.
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Makassar's congregational mosque, founded in the late 1940s and fully rebuilt at the start of the 2000s on a larger design, making it one of eastern Indonesia's biggest mosques, holding thousands in its hall and galleries, with a great dome and two tall minarets that mark the city-centre skyline. The prayer hall is broad and high-ceilinged, with geometric ornament and Arabic calligraphy, and around the mosque are courtyards, educational facilities and a library. It is the centre of religious life in the city, especially in Ramadan and at Eid, when it fills out into the surrounding streets. Entry is free. Non-Muslims visit outside prayer times in modest dress. It is the handiest mosque for Friday prayer in central Makassar, close to the centre's museums and sights, with Fort Rotterdam a few minutes' drive away.
On the central skyline.
Thousands of worshippers.
Fills into the streets.
Jalan Masjid Raya, central Makassar
The Grand Mosque for Friday prayer, and the floating mosque and 99 Domes Mosque on the seafront at sunset. All three are worth it.
