Navahrudak Mosque

Mosque in Novogrudok, Grodno, Belarus
53°21′13″N 25°29′36″E / 53.3537°N 25.4934°E / 53.3537; 25.4934ArchitectureTypemosqueCompleted1796

Navahrudak Mosque (Belarusian: Навагрудская мячэць, Polish: Meczet w Nowogródku) is a wooden mosque located in Novogrudok, Grodno Region in Belarus.[1]

It was the largest Lipka Tatar mosque in the Second Polish Republic. Following the 22 September 1929, it was the first mosque to be visited by a Polish senior state official - the Polish president, Ignacy Mościcki.[2]

Following the Second World War, the mosque was transformed into a residential building (the minaret and tower was destroyed). During the 1990s, there were increasing efforts to rebuild the Tatar mosque. The mosque was reopened in 1997.

See also

  • Islam in Belarus
  • Kruszyniany Mosque, Lipka Tatar mosque in Poland
  • Raižiai Mosque, Lipka Tatar mosque in Lithuania

References

  1. ^ "The Tatar mosque in Navahrudak". Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ Miśkiewicz, Aleksander Ali; Kamocki, Janusz (2004). Tatarzy słowiańszczyzną obłaskawieni (in Polish). Warsaw: Kraków : Universitas. p. 110. ISBN 9788324202874. Retrieved 9 March 2019.


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