Muhammad Mosque

Historical

You can wander past this small 11th century mosque. It is also referred to as the Sigiggala mosque, which means damaged tower. The Russians bombed the city (1722-23) and one hit the tower, and later...

Historical site, mosque from the 11th century - can't visit

So this is one of those sights that you have to "check off" your list of things to see in Baku's old city, but it's nothing special. It's interesting historically (it was built in the 11th century), b...

The Oldest Building of Baku!

This building is named after it’s architect Mohammed Abu-Bakr. It is also called Synyk-Kala or destroyed tower, because in 1723 Armies of Peter I heavily bombed canons balls from ships and destroyed t...

The Saviour Mosque

Original Text

The ancient building, built in 11 (!) century!!! According to the tradition, saved the city from the siege of the Russian fleet, shot from the gun was pleased to the mosque, which damaged it, and after that the storm began took our squadron ...

Mohammed Mosque

Original Text

The Mohammed Mosque in Baku is built in 11v. The people of the mosque have the name "The damaged Tower" due to the damage caused to the minaret of the mosque during the siege of the city by a Russian squadron under the command of ...