Marjani Mosque
d. Kazan, Kayuma Nasyri St. 17
Description:
The Mardzhani Mosque is a beautiful Old Tatar Sloboda of Kazan, built by personal order of Catherine II in 1770.
It has the name "First Cathedral" (the first building made of stone), "Yunusovskaya" (the surname of the merchant patron).
The building was built in accordance with Tatar medieval architecture with Baroque elements.
This is the first two-storey mosque made of stone, built in the Kazan Khanate after the conquest of I. Grozny in 1552. In 1861, on the money of the merchant I.G. Yunusov, an extension with a ladder was made.
In 1863, Mihrab was expanded with a window breaking.
In 1885, the merchant Usmanov rebuilt the minaret, in 1887, decorated with a fence with ornamental funds of Tatar merchants, the temple earned.
The modern name in honor of the Tatar theologian Shigabutdin Marjani.
Located near Lake Kaban on Kayuma Nasyri Street, 17
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