The Nurul Islam Great Mosque or also known as Sawahlunto Great Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia located in Kubang Subdistrict of North Sirakuak, District of Lembah Segar, Sawahlunto town, West Sumatra. The location is about 150 meters from the Sawahlunto Railway Museum.The mosque was built during the Dutch colonial period and it was originally a steam power plant. The building was built in 1894 and changed its function to a mosque since 1952, while its chimney was later used as a minaret and 10 meters dome was additionally built. The main building of the mosque measures 60 × 60 meters and has one large dome in the center surrounded by four smaller domes. Underneath the main building was a foxhole that had been used for assembling weapons such as hand grenades and mortars.Currently in addition to its function as a place of worship for Muslims, this two-story mosque is also used as a place of religious education for the surrounding community.
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