Gilahli Mosque ( az, Şəkinin Giləhli məscidi) - is located in
Shaki,
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
.
Architecture
This mosque is a bright example of how a domestic architecture influenced upon the architecture of quarterly mosques of Shaki,
Ordubad
Ordubad is the second largest city of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and the capital of an eponymous district. Ordubad is a medieval city of the Caucasus and in its current capacity of a town was founded in the 18th century. The town ...
and other cities of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
during the 18th-19th centuries. This influence can be felt in the interpretation of architectural masses and forms and in details of the mosques’ ornamentation. A rectangle with internal dimensions of 6x12 and four wooden columns sustaining the ceiling cover is the main part of Gilahli mosque. Walls of the mosque are made of
sun-dried bricks and cobble-stones. External parts of the walls were plastered and internal parts were decorated with colorful ornaments. This colorful interior of a prayer hall is the great significance of the monument.
Research of mosques in different cities of Azerbaijan showed that the mosques constructed in the 18th-19th centuries have analogical solution both in architectural-planning structure and construction methods. Calligraphically used frieze inscriptions and also geometric and plant ornaments were the main ornamentation motifs of the quarterly mosques. Walls of the praying hall are plastered and plant and geometric ornaments colored with various bright colors are carved on them. Margin of
mihrab
Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "qibla w ...
and curb with the frieze inscription also attracts attention.
See also
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List of mosques in Azerbaijan
This is a list of mosques in Azerbaijan.
See also
* List of mosques in Nagorno-Karabakh
* List of mosques in Asia
External links
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References
External links
Tarixi abidələrin bərpasına dəstək
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Monuments and memorials in Azerbaijan
Mosques in Shaki