Twin minarets
Added in 1776.
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The main mosque in central Ganja, also known as the Shah Abbas Mosque because it was built in 1606 on the orders of the Safavid Shah Abbas, to a design by the scholar Sheikh Baha al-Din al-Amili. It is one of the city's most important historic landmarks. It is built of the red brick traditional in Ganja and topped by a broad dome, and two tall minarets with decorated balconies were added in 1776. It long housed a madrasa where the poet and scholar Mirza Shafi Vazeh taught. The mosque was fully restored in 2008, when the work revealed that its last building phase dated from 1910. Shah Abbas Square surrounds it with gardens and old trees, including a plane tree said to be centuries old, an old bathhouse and historic buildings. Visiting is free outside prayer times: dress modestly, women cover their hair, and everyone removes their shoes. The historic pedestrian Javad Khan Street runs nearby with old buildings and cafés, so the two make one easy stroll.
Added in 1776.
Ganja's traditional style.
Pedestrian street nearby.
Central Ganja near Javad Khan Street
Because it was built on the orders of the Safavid Shah Abbas in 1606, when Ganja was under Safavid rule.