Qol Şärif Mosque
mosque in Qazan Kremlin, Qazan, Tatarstan
Key facts
- Affiliation
- Sunni Islam
- District
- Tatarstan
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kazan , Russia
- Type
- Mosque
- Style
- Islamic architecture , Russian architecture
- Completed
- c. 1552 CE (original structure) 2005 CE (current restoration)
- Capacity
- 6,000
via Wikipedia infobox
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The Kul Sharif Mosque (Tatar: Кол Шәриф мәчете, romanized: Qol Şärif mäçete; Russian: Мечеть Кул-Шариф, romanized: Mechet' Kul-Sharif) located in Kazan Kremlin, was reputed to be – at the time of its construction – one of the largest mosques in Russia, and in Europe outside of Istanbul.
History