Description of the attraction
The Blue Mosque in Yerevan was built in 1766 by order of the Turkic Khan of the Erivan Khanate Huseynali Khan Qajar.
The Erivan Khanate was founded in 1604 and was part of Persia. Its capital was the city of Erivan (now - Yerevan), which was inhabited mainly by the Turks. The city passed from hand to hand many times from the Ottoman Turks to the Persians, and then to the Russians. After the Russian army took the city by storm in 1827, Yerevan became part of the Russian Empire.
In Soviet times, the Blue Mosque was closed, in 1931 the Museum of the History and Nature of Yerevan was opened in it, and later the museum was converted into a planetarium. According to the urban legend, during the war, the mosque was saved due to the fact that an ammunition depot was organized in it, which, of course, the military kept like the apple of their eye.
The mosque was renovated in 1996 with funds donated by the Iranian government. Currently, it is a functioning mosque - the spiritual and religious center of the Iranian community in Armenia.
The sky-blue color of the famous mosque is given by faience tiles and majolica, to which the dome and walls are lined. Once upon a time, the Blue Mosque was decorated with four tall minarets, whose spiers rose 25 meters into the sky. Now there is only one left. Its height is 24 meters.
Now the mosque complex includes a prayer hall, a madrasah, a library and 28 pavilions. Outside the walls is a cozy patio that keeps you cool on hot summer days. An old mulberry tree sprouts in this courtyard.
