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Spiral Stairs of Uganda's largest Mosque

Spiral Stairs of Uganda's largest Mosque

This staircase is at the top of the mosque's highest point. After I was covered appropriately, I toured the mosque climbing to the top where a beautiful sk...
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This staircase is at the top of the mosque's highest point. After I was covered appropriately, I toured the mosque climbing to the top where a beautiful skyline overlooking Kampala. The Uganda National Mosque is a mosque located at Kampala Hill in the Old Kampala area of Kampala, Uganda. Completed in 2006, it seats up to 15,000 worshipers and can hold another 1,100 in the gallery, while the terrace will cater for another 3,500. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya commissioned the mosque as a gift to Uganda, and for the benefit of the Muslim population. Despite being renamed, every Ugandan still proudly refers to it as "Gaddafi Mosque"
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