Grand Mosalla of Isfahan

Grand Mosalla of Isfahan
Grand Mosalla of Isfahan
مصلای امام خمینی اصفهان
	The mosque in 2018
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Friday mosque;; Community center;
Status	Active
Named in honor of	Ruhollah Khomeini
Location
Location	Isfahan, Isfahan Province
Geographic coordinates	32°37′41″N 51°40′39″E / 32.6280361°N 51.6773972°E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Persian-Islamic
Specifications
Dome(s)	One
Minaret(s)	Two
Minaret height	60 m (200 ft)
Materials	Concrete

The Grand Mosalla of Isfahan, officially the Imam Khomeini Mosalla of Isfahan (Persian: مصلای امام خمینی اصفهان), is a Friday mosque (jāmeh) and associated community complex, located in the city of Isfahan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. The mosque is used for hosting weekly Friday prayer (jāmeh), as well as cultural, political, educational, worship activities, including book fairs, exhibitions, and religious ceremonies.^[1] The mosque is located in close proximity to the Takht-e Foulad historical cemetery.

The musalla consists of various sections, including:^[2]

shabestan: 60 x 160 meters in size, including two 60 x 60 meter domed roofs and two 60 x 20 meter domes with a metal structure weighing 2,000 tons and fiberglass joinery
minarets: Two main minarets with a concrete body 60 meters high, a metal section and decorative elements on it with a total height of about 110 meters on both sides of the maqsurah in the southern section and 6 concrete minarets
maqsurah: located in the southern section and made of iron sheet
porticos: Around the shabestan, which is made of twenty one 20 x 20 meter domes made of concrete

Next to this musalla, there is a historical shabestan dating back to the Safavid-Qajar period. This work was registered within the Iran National Heritage List on 1 June 2003 with registration number 9075.^[3]