Golden dome
In Ottoman style.
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A historic mosque in Batumi's old town, popularly called «Orta Jame», the middle mosque, because it once stood between two other mosques that have not survived. It serves the Muslims of Batumi and Adjara, a region with a large Muslim community since Ottoman times. It was built in 1866 with funding from the Khimshiashvili family, a prominent Muslim family of Adjara. In the Soviet era it was closed and turned into a military warehouse under anti-religious policies, then returned to the Muslim community and restored more than once. Today it holds the five daily prayers and Friday prayers and runs a Quran school. It is built in the Ottoman style with a golden dome and a slender white minaret, two rows of windows and a wooden roof, and its interior walls were painted by Laz craftsmen. It fills for Friday prayers and the Eids, when the rows spill into the street outside. Visiting is free, and visitors are welcome outside prayer times: dress modestly, women cover their hair, and everyone removes their shoes at the door. It is a few minutes' walk from Europe Square and the boulevard.
In Ottoman style.
By Laz craftsmen.
Rows spill into the street.
Kutaisi Street in the old town, Batumi
Europe Square and the Medea StatueBatumi's main square, in the centre of the city, is ringed by elegant buildings 8 minutes walk
Ali and Nino StatueA giant moving steel sculpture by the Georgian artist Tamara Kvesitadze, designe10 minutes walk
Alphabet TowerA steel tower rising about 130 metres at the northern end of Batumi Boulevard, b11 minutes walk
Batumi BoulevardThe long seafront boulevard on the Black Sea is the heart of life in Batumi, run11 minutes walkYes, outside prayer times, with modest dress, shoes removed and a headscarf for women.