Independence square

The white Hazrat Sultan mosque was completed in 2012 and is the largest mosque in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Established in 2009, the Kazach national university of arts consists of a blue conical building located on Independence square, a huge square east of the presidential palace. The Palace of Independence is located on the same square and houses a scale model of how Astana is supposed to look in the year 2030. The Kazakh Eli monument consists of a colonnade, a huge arch, a column and a set of statues. It is meant to symbolise the historic destiny of the people of Kazakhstan. The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation is a huge white glass and steel pyramid with a blue top.