Thursday, January 9, 2014

Russia - Azimov Mosque in Kazan

Azimov Mosque
One of the finest mosques in Kazan, a monument of Tatar cult architecture of the close of the 19th century.  Was built in 1890, funded by a Tatar merchant Azimov.  The facades and interiors were reconstructed in 1992.
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Äcem Mosque  is a prominent cathedral mosque in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It is located in the southern part of the Old Tatar Quarter, a historic district populated by Tatars, and is one of about a dozen historical mosques in the district.

Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group.

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