Juma Jami Mosque (Yevpatoria)

Juma Jami Mosque in Yevpatoria (2010)

The Juma-Jami Mosque ( Ukrainian Мечеть Джума-Джамі Metschet Juma-Jami ) or Friday Mosque ( Crimean Tatar Cuma Cami ) is a mosque in Evpatoria on the Crimean peninsula .

It was built in the 16th century under the rule of Devlet I. Giray based on a design by the Turkish architect Sinan . It took a long time to build, and today the Juma-Jami Mosque is considered the largest and most magnificent mosque on the peninsula.

Renovation work on the mosque took place in 1834 and 1869. Under Stalin, the mosque was converted into a regional museum and restored true to the original by 1932. After the Second World War, however, it was left to decay until 1962. In 2011 the mosque was rededicated for the Sunni Islamic faith.

Web links

Commons : Juma-Jami Mosque (Yevpatoria)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of the mosque on old.evpatoriya-history.info ( memento of the original from March 10, 2013 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on March 22, 2014 (Russian) 

Coordinates: 45 ° 11 ′ 45 ″  N , 33 ° 22 ′ 38 ″  E