🕌 Minarets of the World

These are notable minarets — the slender towers of mosques from which the faithful are summoned to prayer, some among the tallest and most ornate structures of the Islamic world. Each profile shows where the minaret rises, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

39 minarets from 15 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any minaret for its full profile.

Africa (2) Asia (32) Europe (5)

Africa (2 minarets)

Asia (32 minarets)

Europe (5 minarets)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.