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Description
Property Name: Mukhtarova Mosque
Inventory No: 7-78672-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-08-04
Country (State party): Russia
Province: Vladikavkaz
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 43° 3′ 26.69″ N
44° 39′ 41.09″ E
Historic Period: 20th century, 1st half
Year of Construction: 1908
Style: Eclectic
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Iosif Ploshko
Significance
Also known as Mukhtaroskaia Mosque, the construction of the mosque was commissioned by the oil baron Murtaza Mukhtarov of Baku. It is elaborately decorated both in the exterior and interior.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
Mosque continued its own unique view with the help of both outsides and inside renovations in the 2000s.
References
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