Ampel Mosque (; ; ) is an ancient mosque located in the
Ampel
Ampel is a town and an urban sub-district (''kelurahan'') in the Semampir District of Surabaya City, East Java, Indonesia. The town is known for its historic Ampel Mosque, and more than 98% of its population are Muslim, with many of them being Ar ...
sub-district, district Semampir,
Surabaya
Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern border of Java island, on the M ...
,
East Java
East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and ...
. The oldest mosque in East Java was built in 1421 CE
by
Sunan Ampel where his tomb complex is located within the area.
Architecture
The mosque, which is currently one of the religious attractions in the city of Surabaya, is surrounded by buildings with Chinese and Arab architectures. In the left side of the mosque there is a well that is believed to be the auspicious well, typically used by those who believe to strengthen a pledge or oath.
The tomb complex built with a walled courtyard and gateways. The structures led up to the grave of
Sunan Ampel. ''Panataran'', dedicated to
Siva of the mountain, comprises a sequence of three walled compounds called ''Jeroan'', ''Jaba Tengah'' (with the ancillary temple or ''Perwara'') and ''Jaba'' (the last and the highest, containing the main shrine).
Gallery
File:Ampel surabaya.jpg, Ampel district in the city of Soerabaya during East-Indies ruling
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Poort bij de Ampel Moskee in de Arabische wijk van Soerabaja TMnr 60037907.jpg
File:Gerard Pieter Adolfs - 1934 Nr236 Arabische Kamp-Soerabaia OOC 35 45.jpg
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Arabische wijk met op de achtergrond de in 1872 gebouwde moskee Soerabaja Java TMnr 10014842.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Ampel Moskee aan het einde van een winkelstraat in de Arabische wijk TMnr 60044096.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Ampel Moskee aan het einde van een winkelstraat in de Arabische wijk van Soerabaja TMnr 60027325.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Ampel Moskee aan het einde van een winkelstraat in de Arabische wijk van Soerabaja TMnr 60037908.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Arabische wijk te Soerabaja Java TMnr 10013607.jpg
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De verzamelde Arabische gemeente van Soerabaja ter gelegenheid van de kroningsfeesten van Koningin Wilhelmina in 1898. TMnr 60003143.jpg
See also
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Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day. The Islamic world encompasses a wide geographic ...
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Islam in Indonesia
Islam is the largest religion in Indonesia, with 86.7% of the Indonesian population identifying themselves as Muslim in a 2018 survey. Indonesia is the most populous Muslim-majority country, with approximately 231 million adherents.
In t ...
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Indonesian architecture
The architecture of Indonesia reflects the diversity of cultural, historical and geographic influences that have shaped Indonesia as a whole. Invaders, colonizers, missionaries, merchants and traders brought cultural changes that had a profoun ...
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List of the oldest mosques in the world
The designation of the oldest mosques in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even her ...
References
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Mosques in Surabaya
Religious buildings and structures in East Java
Cultural Properties of Indonesia in East Java
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1421
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