IF visit to Banda Aceh city center, then you will find a huge mosque named Baiturahman. This mosque is a silent witness of the struggle and courage of the Acehnese in the Netherlands repel invaders.
Baiturahman Mosque built during the Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607-1636). At that time the mosque was a center of religious science education in the archipelago. At that time, many students from other regions, even from Arabia, Turkey, India, and Persia who came to Aceh to study religion.
At the time of the war in Aceh in the years 1873-1904, this mosque is also the headquarters of defense in the face of Dutch people of Aceh. At that time, the Dutch also had burned down the mosque.
Resistance was berkoban so that one of the Dutch commander, Major General Kohler was killed was shot in the forehead by troops in the courtyard of Masjid Raya Aceh.
To commemorate these events, built a small monument in front of the left side of the Grand Mosque, precisely under the tree Ketapang.
Six years later, to dampen the anger of the people of Aceh, the Netherlands through the Governor-General Van Lansnerge Grand Mosque was rebuilt with the laying of first stone in 1879. Until now, the Grand Mosque has undergone renovation and expansion of five times (1879-1993).
This mosque is one of the most beautiful mosques in Indonesia, which has seven domes, four towers and one tower of the parent. Artificial marble-floored room in Italy, the wide reach 4760 m2 and feels very cool when the room inside the mosque. This mosque can accommodate up to 9000 jama'ah. Front page of the mosque there is a large pond, the grass is neatly laid out with ornamental plants and palm trees that grow on it.
Baiturahman Mosque built during the Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607-1636). At that time the mosque was a center of religious science education in the archipelago. At that time, many students from other regions, even from Arabia, Turkey, India, and Persia who came to Aceh to study religion.
At the time of the war in Aceh in the years 1873-1904, this mosque is also the headquarters of defense in the face of Dutch people of Aceh. At that time, the Dutch also had burned down the mosque.
Resistance was berkoban so that one of the Dutch commander, Major General Kohler was killed was shot in the forehead by troops in the courtyard of Masjid Raya Aceh.
To commemorate these events, built a small monument in front of the left side of the Grand Mosque, precisely under the tree Ketapang.
Six years later, to dampen the anger of the people of Aceh, the Netherlands through the Governor-General Van Lansnerge Grand Mosque was rebuilt with the laying of first stone in 1879. Until now, the Grand Mosque has undergone renovation and expansion of five times (1879-1993).
This mosque is one of the most beautiful mosques in Indonesia, which has seven domes, four towers and one tower of the parent. Artificial marble-floored room in Italy, the wide reach 4760 m2 and feels very cool when the room inside the mosque. This mosque can accommodate up to 9000 jama'ah. Front page of the mosque there is a large pond, the grass is neatly laid out with ornamental plants and palm trees that grow on it.