Lezgi Mosque, Medieval mosque in Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan.
The Lezgi Mosque is a prayer house in Baku's Old City with a rectangular stone structure, a small arched entrance, and two windows on its southern side that open into the prayer room. The interior remains closed to visitors today.
The building was founded in 1169 by Najaf Ashur Ibrahim oglu and sits on very ancient foundations. During restoration work in the 1970s, workers discovered two semicircular arches buried beneath the structure.
The mosque took its current name in the 19th century from Lezgin workers from northeastern Azerbaijan who gathered here for prayer. The name reflects the community that made this building their religious home.
You will find the mosque on Asaf Zeynalli Street in the Old City of Baku. Since it is not open to visitors, you can only view and photograph it from the outside.
Excavations beneath the southern part of the building revealed that it was built on top of an older pagan temple. This shows the site was used for prayer and religious worship for many centuries.
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