Təzə Pir Mosque

Baku


The grandest historic mosque in central Baku, Təzə Pir was built between 1903 and 1914, funded by a female philanthropist. More-recent renovations added gilding to its minaret tips and stone cladding to the surrounding buildings, which house the Centre for Islam in the Caucasus.

The website offers virtual 360-degree tours of this and two other associated Baku mosques.


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