Kevin@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoLast major Arabic-style mosque in China loses its domeswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1198arrow-down1external-linkLast major Arabic-style mosque in China loses its domeswww.theguardian.comKevin@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square66fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 months agoThose two are the same place? Looks like it was entirely destroyed and rebuilt as something else, I’m seeing very little similarly between the two.
minus-squareanguolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThey basically added a couple of floors to hide the dome. Looks like the spires got shorter though.
minus-squareBarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI do really wonder if the dome is still hiding inside there. It looks like it might be big enough and that sounds like it would be the easy solution.
minus-squareanguolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoAFAIK these domes are beautiful on the inside, I would assume they kept it, but we’re talking cultural revolution levels of narrow mindedness here, so who knows? Edit: from the satellite imagery I’d say its gone.
Those two are the same place? Looks like it was entirely destroyed and rebuilt as something else, I’m seeing very little similarly between the two.
They basically added a couple of floors to hide the dome. Looks like the spires got shorter though.
I do really wonder if the dome is still hiding inside there. It looks like it might be big enough and that sounds like it would be the easy solution.
AFAIK these domes are beautiful on the inside, I would assume they kept it, but we’re talking cultural revolution levels of narrow mindedness here, so who knows?
Edit: from the satellite imagery I’d say its gone.