The “Ayup Sultan Mosque of Roubaix”: Inaugurated on May 4, 2025.

It offers the city of Roubaix, already rich in history, “a heritage in the making.”

It is a tribute to the dual culture of the Franco-Turkish community of Roubaix, to its know-how, and its openness.

From the moment of its birth, it becomes “a symbolic place.” “The child is even more beautiful than what the father had imagined.”

The Ayup Sultan Mosque of Roubaix is a bridge, like the Bosphorus, linking East and West. It is a living connection between two cultures.

Its message rests on a subtle duality: the sobriety of its exterior contrasts with the magic of its interior.

With its large glass arcades, it follows the tradition of open mosques. A true place of sharing.

In a diverse Roubaix, its minaret and the profusion of domes proudly display a fully embraced Ottoman style.

As soon as you pass through one of its five doors, a nod to the five pillars of Islam, you are transported into a world where beauty pays tribute to spirituality.

The turquoise blue, illuminated from all sides, catches the eye and carries you away, like Aladdin’s magic carpet, into an enchanting world.

This blue was not chosen by chance. It symbolizes the sky, infinity, and closeness to the divine.

Turquoise is a color of peace and contemplation; it is emblematic of great places of worship. Its presence here is both aesthetic, symbolic, and spiritual.

The gold leaf mixed with marble, and the golden sparkle of the grand chandelier, are breathtaking. This is the great journey.

You are no longer on Cairo Street, you are now on Istanbul Street.

This chandelier, brought directly from Turkey, measures six meters in diameter. Suspended in the air like a celestial UFO, it is adorned with blown glass lamps, true jewels of finesse.

Its rings, engraved with divine names, radiate a blue light in perfect harmony with the colors and materials of the mosque.

At the center of the building stands a dome fifteen meters in diameter, a true work of art where floral motifs, including tulips (emblems of Turkey), mix with geometric compositions inherited from Islamic tradition.

This geometry, carved into the structure, extends into the very architecture of the building.

Nothing here is ephemeral; everything aspires to eternity.

What I describe goes beyond architecture. It is about people who wanted to share what they held most beautiful.

They made accessible to the people of Roubaix, used to grey skies, a magnificent sky in “turquoise blue.”

For those who experience this spiritual and aesthetic journey, we say: this is only a stopover.

Today’s step may be a “place of worship,” but the project is above all “a place of life.”

On May 4, 2025, the Franco-Turkish association of Roubaix gave birth to “the blue lady of Roubaix.”