Kond Mosque, Safavid mosque in Kentron District, Armenia

The Kond Mosque stands at the intersection of Kond, Rustaveli and Simeon Yerevantsi streets in southern Kond, Yerevan. Only some walls about 1.5 meters thick and parts of the roof survive. The large dome collapsed in the 1960s (or, by other accounts, the 1980s), while the smaller dome and a Persian ornament remain.

Founded in 1687, when the Kond district was called Tapabashi, the mosque was rebuilt in the second half of the 19th century on the orders of Abbas-Quli, a descendant of the Yerevan khans, who gave it its present scale. In the late 1920s the building housed an archive, then flats for 17 refugee families from Turkey; their descendants still live there. The large dome collapsed in the 1960s, leaving the smaller dome and Persian ornament.

The name refers to the surrounding quarter that has housed people from different backgrounds for centuries. Today you can walk through the narrow lanes and see how the architecture reflects this layered history of coexistence.

The site sits in an older residential quarter with narrow streets and is reachable on foot. Visitors should know that the building is currently occupied by residents and access may be restricted.

In the late 1920s the mosque was turned into an archive, then into flats for 17 refugee families from Turkey who arrived in 1915; their descendants still live in the building. The large dome collapsed in the 1960s, leaving the smaller dome and Persian ornament.