Navahrudak Mosque | |
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Навагрудская мячэць | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Sunni |
Location | |
Location | Novogrudok, Grodno, Belarus |
Geographic coordinates | 53°21′13″N 25°29′36″E / 53.3537°N 25.4934°E |
Architecture | |
Type | mosque |
Completed | 1796 |
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 nineteen-nineties, there were increasing efforts to rebuild the Tatar mosque. The mosque was reopened in 1997.