Chao Mosque

Chao Mosque
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General information
Town or cityAdjara
CountryGeorgia
Completed1912

Chao Mosque is a wooden mosque in the village of Chao, Georgia [ka] in the Adjara region of Georgia.

History

Built between 1909 and 1912 by Laz craftsmen from Batumi, the mosque was restored between 1993 and 1995. The first minaret of the mosque was demolished in 1936 on the orders of Soviet authorities. In the same year, the mosque was converted into a warehouse and the madrasa next to the mosque into a social club. The interior of the mosque is decorated with murals of corn stalk motifs.[1] The mosque is 4.3 meters high, 9.2 meters long and 7.5 meters wide.[2] The corrugated metal cladding of the mosque was brought from Turkey and the carpets from Batumi.[3]

References

  1. ^ Suzanne Harris-Brandts, Angela Wheeler, Vladimer Shioshvili (2018). "The Wooden Mosques of Adjara" (PDF). static1.squarespace.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Baramidze, Ruslan (2010). "The Muslim Monuments of Worship (I part)". academia.edu. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Chao Mosque". indigenousoutsiders.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.


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