Menucihr Mosque

Menucihr Mosque, also Manučehr Mosque is a in the medieval city of in , . It was built between 1072 and 1086 by Manuchihr ibn Shavur of the Kurdish Shaddadid dynasty. The restoration of the mosque started in June 2020.
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Photo: შალვა მინდაძე 11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Ani Menûçihr Mosque”, “Ebul Menuçehr Camii”, “Menüçehr Mosque”, “Menûçihr Mosque”, and “Minuchihr Mosque”
Photo: შალვა მინდაძე 11, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ani and Cathedral of Ani.

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is an abandoned city in , 44 km east of Kars and right on the border with Armenia. It was the chief city of Armenia in the 11th century, but dwindled thereafter, and was abandoned in the 13th century.

Church
Photo: Antonio, CC BY 2.0.
The is the largest standing building in , the capital city of medieval Bagratid Armenia, located in present-day eastern , on the border with modern . is situated 270 metres northeast of Menucihr Mosque.

Church
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is situated 260 metres north of Menucihr Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ani and Norshen.

Village
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is a village.

Village
is a village in the Ani Municipality of the of .

Village
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is a village in the Kars District of , Turkey. Its population is 102. The village houses the remains of the Armenian Bagnayr Monastery, built in the 10th century CE. is situated 7 km west of Menucihr Mosque.

Menucihr Mosque

Latitude
40.50541° or 40° 30′ 20″ north
Longitude
43.56998° or 43° 34′ 12″ east
Elevation
1,427 metres (4,682 feet)
Open location code
8HG5GH49+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 102632380
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Geo­Names ID
13156630
Wiki­data ID
Q195422
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Menucihr Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد منوشهر”
  • Armenian: “Մանուչեի մզկիթ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mənuçöhr camisi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mənuçöhr məscidi”
  • Bengali: “মেনুসিহর মসজিদ”
  • Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی مەنووچێھر”
  • French: “Ebul Manucehr Camii”
  • French: “mosquée Menüçehr”
  • French: “Mosquée Menüçehr”
  • Fulah: “Menucihr Mosque”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Menüçehr”
  • Kurdish: “Mizgefta Menûçêhr”
  • Persian: “مسجد منوچهر”
  • Turkish: “Ani Menûçihr Camii”
  • Turkish: “Ani Ulu Camii”
  • Turkish: “Ebu’l Manuçehr Camii”
  • Turkish: “Ebul Manucehr Cami”
  • Turkish: “Ebul Manucehr”
  • Turkish: “Manuçehr Camii”
  • Turkish: “Menucehr Camii”
  • Turkish: “Menuçihr Camii”
  • Turkish: “Menûçihr Camii”
  • Uzbek: “Manuchehr masjidi”

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