Kairaouine Mosque (Djemaa el Kairaouine) in the city of Fes is the second largest mosque in Morocco (after Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca new). Section mosque tower built in the year 956 and is the oldest Islamic building in Fes.

As quoted from Sacred-destinations, this mosque is also the holiest mosque in Morocco that regulate the timing of all the festivals of Islam that is in place. Kairaouine Mosque established in 857 by Fatima al-Fihri, the daughter of a wealthy merchant from the holy city of Kairouan in Tunisia. Fatima and her sister, Mariam, inherited a lot of money from their father, and Fatima vowed to spend all of it at a mosque suitable for the Tunisian community in Fes.

Its present form is largely reconstructed 10th-century under Caliph of Cordoba, Abd Er Rahman III, and reconstruction of the 12th century under royal Almoravids.
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The uniqueness of Isfahan as the cultural assets of the Middle East, could not be separated from an extremely long history. Since centuries ago, Isfahan continues to experience a cultural change with passing many old buildings architecture of Islamic culture. Among these are the Friday Mosque and the House Chahar Bagh.

Friday Mosque is considered the oldest mosque in Isfahan. The mosque was first built in 138 Hijri, at approximately the Seljuk Dynasty when it defeated a descendant of Genghis Khan dynasty. The mosque is located adjacent to a clearing known as the Green Field, Darsdasth. As well as the Friday Mosque, Chahar Bagh House, including one very old buildings.

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Aali Gaapou Isfahan is a beautiful place in Iran, or officially named as Islamic Republic of Iran. This country also known as its oil, and because of the wealth on oil particularly, its got little tension within its neighbor Iraq.

The word “Iran” has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia. Both “Persia” and “Iran” are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, “Iran” is the name used officially in political contexts.
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