Shah Alam is most famous for its mosque, the Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah. The Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque is also known as the Blue Mosque and has been claimed to be the largest mosque in Malaysia, and one of the largest in Southeast Asia.
Its most distinguishing feature is its large blue and silver dome, which measures 51.2 m (167 ft) in diameter and reaches 106.7 m (350 ft) above ground level. The mosque has four minarets erected at the corners, each minaret is 142.3 m (460 ft) tall.
The mosque was commissioned by the late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz, when he declared Shah Alam as the new capital of Selangor on 14 February 1974.
Construction of the mosque was completed on 11 March 1988. The mosque has the capacity to accommodate 24,000 worshippers at any one time. It also has the distinction of having the world’s tallest minarets and at 106.7 m (350 ft) above ground level it has the largest religious dome in the world.
The dome is constructed of aluminium and the outer surface is clad with vitreous enamel-baked triangular steel panels, the outer surface of the dome is decorated with a traditional design including rosettes of Quranic verse. It can accommodate 24,000 worshippers at any one time.
