Kazan , the "third capital of Russia" is a major cultural center of the Russian Federation. This is a city where peacefully and peacefully coexist two world religions - Islam and Christianity. There are many ancient and modern mosques, beautiful, graceful, majestic. They fascinate and delight. So, we will tell about the mosques of the city of Kazan.
The Kul-Sharif Mosque in Kazan
On the territory of the Kazan Kremlin is the main mosque of Kazan - Kul-Sharif . This modern building, the construction of which was carried out from 1995 to 2005, has ancient roots. It is known that until 1552 in its place was the mosque of the capital of the Kazan Khanate, destroyed by the army of Ivan the Terrible. The architecture of Kul-Sharif absorbed the traditions of Islamic architecture inherent in the Tatars. Around the dome in the form of the Kazan cap-crown, there are four main minarets with a height of 58 m.
The Blue Mosque in Kazan
The so-called Blue Mosque was founded at the beginning of the XIX century with the help of local merchant Ahmet Aitov-Zamanov. It is built in the classical style, and the name itself was given due to the color of the walls. It is interesting that under the USSR the minaret at the mosque was demolished, and the building was used as a housing stock. In 1993 the building again began to fulfill religious purpose.
Azimov mosque in Kazan
Among Kazan mosques, Azimovskaya impresses with its beauty. Built from bricks, the mosque is decorated in an eclectic style with an east-Moorish direction, which, in particular, can be seen in the stained-glass windows of the building.
The Marjani Mosque in Kazan
Built in 1766-1770, the Marjani mosque for more than two hundred years was the center of the Tatar-Muslim spirituality of Tatarstan. The building was built in the Tatar medieval architectural style with baroque elements. From the roof of the two-story building the three-tiered minaret rushes.
The Serene Mosque in Kazan
The mosque was erected in honor of the 1000th anniversary of the adoption of Islam in the Middle Volga region in 1924-1926 on the personal permission of Stalin. This monument of Tatar-Islamic architecture is a style of romantic modernism with interspersed Eastern Muslim motifs.
The Medina Mosque in Kazan
This modern mosque was built in 1997 in the best traditions of the wooden architecture of the Tatars. A special feature of the building is a minaret with octagonal balconies.
The Burnaev Mosque in Kazan
In the architecture of mosques in Kazan stands Burnaevskaya mosque, whose building is an organic combination of elements of Russian, traditional Tatar and Eastern Muslim architecture with the style of eclecticism.
Sultan mosque in Kazan
The three-tier minaret of the Sultan mosque towers proudly, the construction of which was completed in 1872. This is one of the five Horde minarets existing in the world.