Minaret, KL railway station, Malaysia, Neo-Moorish/Mughal/Indo-Saracenic/Neo-Saracenic
Minarets (Turkish: 'minare' from Arabic manāra (lighthouse) are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. Minarets are generally tall spires with onion-shaped or conical crowns, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure. Kuala Lumpur Railway Station (Malay: Stesen Keretapi Kuala Lumpur) is a train station located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Completed in 1910 to replace an older station on the same site, the station was Kuala Lumpur's railway hub in the city for the Federated Malay States Railway and Malayan Railway (Malay: Keretapi Tanah Melayu), before Kuala Lumpur Sentral assumed much of its role in 2001. The station is notable for it architecture, adopting a mixture of Eastern and Western designs. The station is located along a road named Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, previously known as Victory Avenue, which in turn was part of Damansara Road. The station is located closely to the similarly designed Railway Administration Building, as well as the National Mosque and Dayabumi Complex. The Pasar Seni LRT station is located 400 metres away, across the Klang River.
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Keywords: architecture, arthur, benison, hubback, indo-saracenic, kl, malaysia, minaret, moorish, mughal, neo-moorish/mughal/indo-saracenic/neo-saracenic, railway, revival, station
