Abuja National Mosque

One of the most important attractions of Abuja is the National Mosque, built in 1984. This is the most recognizable cult building in the city, annually there is a huge number of visitors. The mosque is also open to non-Muslims in their free time.

The total area of the premises is 20 thousand square meters. At the corners of the main building there are four minarets with spiral staircases inside, whose height is 120 meters. The prayer hall is a spacious room without columns, crowned with one large and four small golden domes. They shine in the sun and represent the most impressive sight in Abuja. The rings of a huge chandelier contain Qur’anic inscriptions.

The building has an administrative block, including offices, a conference room and a library. On the territory of the mosque there is a small museum, which presents beautiful collections of ceramics, attributes of Muslim art and stone engravings.