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Jamia Mosque 些利街清真寺Xiēlì Jiē Qīngzhēnsì
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About Jamia Mosque
Jamia Mosque on Shelley Street is the oldest mosque in Hong Kong. The present building dates from 1915 to 1916, paid for by the Bombay merchant Haji Mohamed Essack Elias to replace an 1849 mosque on the same site. It has a minaret topped by a dome, pointed multifoil archways, coloured glass windows and an octagonal dome over the prayer hall, and it remains an important place of worship for the city's Muslims.
How to get to Jamia Mosque
On Shelley Street in the Mid-Levels, beside the Central–Mid-Levels Escalators and about 0.7 km south of Sheung Wan MTR station.
Nearby
- Victoria Peak 太平山顶 under 10 km
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop - Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 under 10 km
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 30 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Prince's Terrace 太子台 (under 10 km), Kom Tong Hall (Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum) 甘棠第 (under 10 km), Tai Kwun (Former Central Police Station Compound) 大馆 (under 10 km), Tong Lau Experience Room 唐楼体验馆 (under 10 km), Lan Kwai Fong 兰桂坊 (under 10 km), PMQ 元创方 (under 10 km).
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