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Jameh Mosque of Urmia

🕋 Historic mosque

Beside Urmia Bazaar

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The Jameh Mosque of Urmia is a historic mosque beside the Urmia bazaar, West Azerbaijan Province. Its stucco mihrab and the way the building connects with the bazaar lanes are its distinctive features. Here you see part of the old city's religious architecture right next to the bustle of the market.

When was it built?

The mosque is attributed to the 5th and 6th centuries AH (11th–12th centuries CE). Its mihrab is decorated with stucco and is one of the parts worth looking at to understand the building.

What was it built for?

The Friday mosque was where people gathered for prayer and worship. Being next to the bazaar kept people's comings and goings between the place of worship and the place of work and trade close together.

What you will see

The stucco mihrab is the standout detail of the mosque; look at its patterns and how the decoration is built up.
The mosque opens onto public lanes on three sides, and its place beside the bazaar shows how it is tied to the old city.