Batumi Mosque, 19th century mosque in Batumi, Georgia
The Batumi Mosque is a mosque in Batumi, Adjara, built in the Ottoman style with a golden dome, white minarets, a wooden roof and windows arranged in two layers. Its walls were painted by the Laz brothers. A sahn and a minaret were added in 1946.
The Batumi Mosque was commissioned in 1866 by the family of Aslan Beg Khimshiashvili, a Muslim Georgian nobleman of Adjara. It was called Orta Jame, the middle mosque, because it stood between two other mosques, Aziziye and Ahmediye, which did not survive. Closed and used as a military warehouse in the Soviet era, it was returned to the Muslim community and reopened for worship in 1995.
The Laz brothers applied their artistic skills to paint the interior walls, incorporating regional artistic elements into the mosque's Islamic design.
The building is accessible during the day and can be visited outside of prayer times. It is helpful to check prayer times in advance to plan your visit accordingly.
The name refers to the building's position between two older religious sites that no longer exist. It was the middle one of three mosques in this area of the city.
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