Saint Petersburg mosque
The Saint Petersburg Mosque ( Russian Санкт-Петербу́ргская мече́ть ) is a mosque opened in 1913 in downtown Saint Petersburg on Kronwerkski Prospect .
It can accommodate up to 5,000 people and was the only Islamic place of worship in the city until 2009.
When it opened in 1913, it was the largest mosque in Europe outside of the Ottoman Empire ; its minarets reach a height of 49 meters: the turquoise dome is 39 meters high and can be seen well from the Trinity Bridge over the Neva .
history
The foundation stone was laid in 1910, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Abdul Ahat Khan in Bukhara . At that time the number of members of the Muslim community was more than 8,000. The architect Nikolai Wassiljew based the design of the mosque on the Gur-Emir mausoleum , the tomb of Timur Lang in Samarkand ; other architects involved were Stepan Kritschinski and Alexander Iwanowitsch von Gauguin (also Gogen and Alexander von Hohen ).
Construction was completed in 1921, and a major restoration was carried out in 1980. The mosque was closed to visitors from 1940 to 1956.
Web links
- Pictures and description
- The St. Petersburg Mosque on russian-mosques.com
- Data on the mosque
- Description on Petersburg-current
Individual evidence
- ↑ Second mosque opened in St. Petersburg ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 59 ° 57 ′ 18.5 ″ N , 30 ° 19 ′ 26 ″ E