İmam Hüseyn Mosque

Baku


Overshadowed by vast new apartment towers, the fine İmam Hüseyn Mosque features some attractive Moorish and art nouveau stone-design elements. Opening hours are irregular but the mosque is worth seeing from the outside if it's closed.


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