The Juma-Jami Mosque, ( uk, Мечеть Джума-Джамі, crh, Cuma Cami, russian: Мечеть Джума-Джами, tr, Cuma Han Camii) also known as the Friday Mosque, is located in

Yevpatoria Yevpatoria ( uk, Євпаторія, Yevpatoriia; russian: Евпатория, Yevpatoriya; crh, , , gr, Ευπατορία) is a city of regional significance in Western Crimea, north of Kalamita Bay. Yevpatoria serves as the administrative ...

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. Built between 1552 and 1564, and designed by the Ottoman architect

Mimar Sinan Mimar Sinan ( ota, معمار سينان, translit=Mi'mâr Sinân, , ) ( 1488–1490 – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empir ...

History

The Juma-Jami is the largest mosque of

and was founded by Khan

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in 1552. The Khan commissioned

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architect

(1489–1588) to build the mosque. Sinan was the chief

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of the

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. He designed the Sinan Pasha Mosque and the Şehzade Mosque in Istanbul. Construction of the Juma-Jami Mosque was a long process. At the time, Mimar Sinan was busy with construction of the

Süleymaniye Mosque The Süleymaniye Mosque ( tr, Süleymaniye Camii, ) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. An insc ...

, in Istanbul, which was also plagued by financial difficulties due to money being spent on a war with

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File:JumaMosqueEupatoria.jpg, Main entrance to the Juma-Jami Mosque Image:Eupatoria-mosque.jpg Image:MeczetPiatkowy2.jpg Image:Juma-Juma-inside.jpg Image:MeczetPiatkowyGrob3.jpg Image:MeczetPiatkowyGrob1.jpg Image:0204-Han Cami.jpg

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