In the Crimea on the coins can be seen Mecca

on August 1, for the first time in Crimea, Bakhchisaray Palace Museum opens exhibition "Mecca in silver marks the Moscow Mint". The organizers were KRU Bakhchisaray historical and cultural reserve and digging WT.п? last year this exhibition was successfully held in the Museum of Islamic culture, located in the Kul Sharif mosque Museum-reserve "the Kazan Kremlin".

A unique collection of 40 silver brands will acquaint with the spiritual centre of Islam, the Holy cities of Mecca. Products that have no analogues in the world, made in 2013 at the Moscow mint under the unique technology of silver of 999 tests.
The original was stamps 24 Islamic countries: Algeria, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Comoros, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Qatar, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Somalia, and Tunisia.
Each of the brands made in full size. To create three-dimensional images of the masters of the Moscow mint was done preliminary manual sculptural modelling. Within three years, in addition to designers and artists, on the collection worked scientists, engineers and technologists.

Each seeking spiritual knowledge needs in the truth, in order to resolve the doubts that arise in the soul in the process of spiritual search. Holy Mecca is one of these truths by which the darkness dissipated by the light of knowledge and visible way in the darkness. The city of Mecca is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and is called "the Holy city". In the year 630 Muslims of Medina community, led by the Prophet Muhammad came to Mecca, and people accepted Islam. Mecca became a religious center. In Mecca is the first in the history of mankind temple, the Kaaba, intended for the worship of the one God, the Creator of the Universe.

Stamps quantity not chosen by chance. In Islam, as in many other religions, the number "40" sacral, and means harmony in nature between the visible and hidden forms. At the age of forty Prophet Mohammed heard the word of Allah.
The author of the project, the Russian company "WT", chose one brand from each Islamic state. The basis of 17 of silver products taken postage stamps of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - there is the main religious center of all Muslims of the world. Exhibition "Mecca in silver: the symbolism of the Hajj in silver marks the Moscow Mint" was successfully held in 2013 in the Republic of Tatarstan, and in 2014 in Dagestan and Moscow.

1 August 2014 KRU BIKES invites everyone to visit the exhibition, which opens at 11 : 00, in Bakhchisarai Khan's Palace in the premises of the "Khan-maqsura" (Khan bed) Big Palace mosque "Buyuk Han-Jami".

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