Navahrudak Mosque | |
Native Name: | Навагрудская мячэць |
Native Name Lang: | be |
Map Type: | Belarus |
Map Size: | 225px |
Map Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 53.3537°N 25.4934°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
Location: | Novogrudok, Grodno, Belarus |
Tradition: | Sunni |
Festivals: | --> |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Architecture Type: | mosque |
Year Completed: | 1796 |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
Navahrudak Mosque (Belarusian: Навагрудская мячэць, Polish: Meczet w Nowogródku) is a wooden mosque located in Novogrudok, Grodno Region in Belarus.[1]
It was the largest Lipka Tatar mosque in the Second Polish Republic. Following the 22 September 1929, it was the first mosque to be visited by a Polish senior state official - the Polish president, Ignacy Mościcki.[2]
Following the Second World War, the mosque was transformed into a residential building (the minaret and tower was destroyed). During the 1990s, there were increasing efforts to rebuild the Tatar mosque. The mosque was reopened in 1997.