The Great Mosque of Palembang (Masjid Agung Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin) is one of the largest mosques in Sumatra and one of the very best examples of eighteenth-century Sumatran Islamic architecture. Founded in 1738 by Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin I, it combines a Malay tiered roof, Chinese curved gable ends, and European-influenced arches in a single, perfectly balanced building.
The original prayer hall, with its dark wooden columns and copper-roofed tiers, survives at the centre of a much-expanded modern complex. Non-Muslim visitors are welcome outside prayer times; you will be asked to dress modestly. The mosque sits a few minutes' walk north of the Ampera Bridge, on the way into the old commercial centre.