Lala Tulpan

Lala Tulpan
Bashkir: Ләлә-Тюльпан мәсете
Russian: Мечеть «Ляля-Тюльпан»
The minarets are designed to resemble the blooming tulips
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationUfa,  Bashkortostan, Russia
Geographic coordinates54°49′11″N 56°03′21″E / 54.81972°N 56.05583°E / 54.81972; 56.05583
Architecture
Architect(s)Wakil Davlyatshin
TypeMosque
StyleModernist
Date established1998
Specifications
Capacity1,000
Minaret(s)2
Minaret height53 m (174 ft)

Lala Tulpan (Bashkir: Ләлә-Тюльпан) ("Tulip in Bloom") in Ufa is one of Russia's largest mosques with 53-metre-tall twin minarets. The building can hold up to 1000 worshippers. It was built between 1990 and 1998 to a modernist design by Wakil Davlyatshin. In 2001 Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Talgat Tadzhuddin and other Muslim clerics at the mosque.