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The Río Piedras Mosque (Spanish: Mezquita de Río Piedras) or Puerto Rico Islamic Center (Spanish: Centro Islámico de Puerto Rico) is a mosque in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico. History. In 1981, a building was purchased and converted into the Río Piedras Mosque. [1] . It became the first mosque in Puerto Rico. [2] Architecture.
Prominent mezquitas often act as the public face of Muslims in Puerto Rico. The Masjid Alfaruq in Vega Alta is situated in hills overlooking a busy highway intersection, and the mezquita in Río Piedras is just steps away from the busy Plaza del Mercado de Río Piedras.
- Ken Chitwood
Series of hand-woven pile and kilim rugs depicting mosques in different areas of Puerto Rico: Hatillo, Vega Alta, Fajardo, Rio Piedras, and Ponce. The mosques were photographed by artists...
Jul 2, 2017 · In 1981, the first mosque was established in Puerto Rico in the city of Rio Piedras with a capacity of 200 men and 40 women. This mosque is located near the University of Puerto Rico, which was founded in the 1920s. The second mosque is open to the public and was built not as long ago: in 1992.
Mezquitas de Puerto Rico is a series of prayer rugs with depictions of existing mosques in the towns of Hatillo, Vega Alta, Fajardo, Rio Piedras, and Ponce from Puerto Rico. The mosques were photographed in the spring of 2013 and later interpreted by weavers from Mashhad, Iran.
Its location along the Camino Real between the walled city of San Juan and the rest of the island turned Río Piedras into a commercial hub and junction between the Spanish colonial government and the rest of Puerto Rico.
A storefront mosque on Calle Padre Colón in the Río Piedras district of San Juan served the entire religious community on the island during earlier years, however, today there are mosques and Islamic centers in Aguadilla, Arecibo, Hatillo, Ponce, Vega Alta, and San Juan. [4]
