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Masjid Melayu

Keywords : Masjid, Masjid Melayu, Tunku Syed Hussain Adid

Site common nameMasjid Melayu
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityGeorge Town
StatePenang
CountryMalaysia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 5.414521
Long : 100.3362142

History of productionMasjid Melayu was built by Acehnese millionaire and aristocrat name Tunku Syed Hussain Adid.
ArtMasjid Melayu has been built up in Southeast Asian style. The wooden beams were used to support the tile roof instead of dome. This building has the sloping roof which suits the rainy climate all year round. However, the façade of this building mixes the Spanish Moorish arch, the horseshoe arch. This show the Spanish influence that come in the colonial era with the British architect.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBritish Colonization Period
Age19th – 20th century
ReligionIslam

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali