Copper domes
Rows above a white building.
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The state mosque of Perak in Ipoh; work began in 1966 and was finished in 1968, and Sultan Idris Shah II officially opened it in 1978 on his fifty-fourth birthday, so it bears his name. Its design is strikingly modern: a long white building topped by rows of small copper-coloured domes, facades of white geometric screens, wave-like curved arches at the entrances and a tall white minaret looking over the old town centre. It welcomes visitors outside prayer times in modest dress, and entry is free. It is one of Ipoh's largest mosques, and travellers come here for Friday prayers. It is a few steps from the Birch Memorial Clock Tower, Ipoh's historic railway station and the Town Hall, so pass it on a walk around the old town.
Rows above a white building.
Geometric screens and arches.
Between tower and station.
Jalan Dato Sagor, central Ipoh, near the Birch Memorial Clock Tower and the railway station
Birch Memorial Clock TowerAn elegant white clock tower in Ipoh's old town, raised in 1909 in memory of Jam2 minutes walk
Ipoh Old Town and Concubine LaneIpoh's historic heart, a town built on tin wealth in the late nineteenth and ear2 minutes walk
Ipoh Town HallAn elegant white neoclassical building opposite Ipoh railway station, designed b2 minutes walk
Ipoh Railway StationOne of the loveliest railway stations in Asia, called the Taj Mahal of Ipoh by l4 minutes walk
Han Chin Pet Soo (Hakka Tin Mining Museum)Malaysia's first museum of the Hakka tin miners, in their old clubhouse at the e5 minutes walkYes, outside prayer times and in clothing covering arms and legs, with shoes removed and a head covering for women.