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96: 124: 438: 432: 396: 131: 103: 473: 302:, columns, and balcony, bear original elaborate incised woodwork. The mosque does not have a full dome but a recess with an inset carved medallion. The mosque was renovated in 2013 and is functional, reserved for Friday or holiday services. 259:. It is one of the oldest surviving mosques in Adjara, dated to 1861. The building is abundantly adorned with decorative wooden carvings. The mosque is inscribed on the list of the 571: 323: 158: 282:. Like other early mosques in Adjara, Kvirike's layout blends the Ottoman influences with vernacular architectural elements of local Georgian villages. The mosque had a 586: 385: 260: 561: 556: 522: 546: 378: 39: 69: 541: 371: 452: 95: 551: 515: 123: 581: 508: 151: 576: 437: 239: 566: 342: 267: 73: 431: 8: 496: 488: 266:
The Kvirike mosque stands in the center of the eponymous village in Adjara's coastal
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authorities in the 1920s. Both external and internal walls as well as the
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Index

Affiliation
Islam
Adjara
Kvirike
Kobuleti Municipality
Adjara
Georgia
Kvirike Mosque is located in Adjara
Kvirike Mosque is located in Georgia
Geographic coordinates
41°45′57.86″N 41°50′18.12″E / 41.7660722°N 41.8383667°E / 41.7660722; 41.8383667 (Kvirike)
Mosque
Georgian
romanized
congregational mosque
Adjara
Georgia
Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance
Kobuleti Municipality
Laz
Arhavi
Ottoman Empire
minaret
madrasa
Soviet
mihrab
minbar


The wooden mosques of Adjara: Islamic architectural heritage in Georgia

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