Kul-Sharif mosque
The Kul Sharif Mosque located in Kazan Kremlin, was reputed to be – at the time of its construction – one of the largest mosques in Russia, and in Europe outside of Istanbul.Photo: Abderrahman Ait Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: mosque in Qazan Kremlin, Qazan, Tatarstan
- Also known as: “Kul Sharif Mosque”, “Qol Şärif Mosque”, and “Qolşärif Mosque”
- Address: Кремль 13, Казань, 420111
Photo: Gilmanov Lenar, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Catedral de la anunciacion de kazan and National Gallery of Art ‘Hazine’.
Catedral de la anunciacion de kazan
Church
National Gallery of Art ‘Hazine’
Art gallery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
National Gallery of Art ‘Hazine’ is an art gallery.
Millennium Square
Square
Photo: Snowman47, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Millennium Square is situated 120 metres west of Kul-Sharif mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kazan and Old Tatar Quarter.
Kazan
Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kazan is a city in and the capital of Tatarstan, Russia, of which it is also the largest. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an area of 425.3 square kilometres, with a population of over 1.3 million residents, and up to nearly 2 million residents in the greater metropolitan area.
Old Tatar Quarter
Suburb
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Tatar Quarter is a historical area in the southern part of the Vakhitovsky district in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The quarter stretches from northwest to southeast and is located between Lake Nizhniy Kaban and the Bolaq channel in the east, the southern intracity railway tracks in the west, the Central Market in the north and Vakhit Square in the south.
Bişbalta
Suburb
Photo: Кирмос, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bişbalta is a suburb, which is situated 3 km west of Kul-Sharif mosque.
Kul-Sharif mosque
- Categories: building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Tatarstan, Volga Region, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.79835° or 55° 47′ 54″ northLongitude
49.10516° or 49° 6′ 19″ eastInception
2005Height
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
9H7FQ4X4+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 230132591OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunniWikidata ID
Q121198
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kul-Sharif mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد قول شريف”
- Armenian: “Կուլ Շարիֆ մզկիթ”
- Armenian: “Կուլշարիֆ մզկիթ”
- Armenian: “Քուլ Շարիֆ մզկիթ”
- Armenian: “Քուլշարիֆ մզկիթ”
- Avaric: “Кул Шариф”
- Azerbaijani: “Kul Şərif məscidi”
- Azerbaijani: “Qol Şərif məscidi”
- Bashkir: “Ҡол Шәриф мәсете”
- Bashkir: “Ҡол Шәриф”
- Belarusian: “Кул-Шарыф”
- Belarusian: “мячэт Кул-Шарыф”
- Bengali: “কুল শরীফ মসজিদ”
- Bulgarian: “Кул Шариф джамия”
- Chechen: “Кул Шариф”
- Chinese: “庫爾沙里夫清真寺”
- Chinese: “庫爾謝里夫清真寺”
- Croatian: “Džamija Kolšarif”
- Czech: “Kul Šerifova mešita”
- Dutch: “Koel-Sjarif”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد قول شريف”
- Esperanto: “Moskeo Kol Ŝerif”
- Estonian: “Qol Şärifi mošee”
- Finnish: “Qolşärif”
- French: “Mosquée Qolcharif”
- French: “Mosquée Qolşärif”
- French: “mosquée Qolsharif”
- French: “Mosquée Qolsharif”
- Fulah: “Kul Sharif Mosque”
- Georgian: “ქოლშარიფის მეჩეთი”
- German: “Kul-Scharif-Moschee”
- Greek: “Τζαμί Κουλ Σαρίφ”
- Hindi: “क़ुल शरीफ मस्जिद”
- Hindi: “रूस की खूबसूरत मस्जिदों में से एक”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Kul-Sharif”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Qolsharif”
- Italian: “moschea Qol-Şärif”
- Italian: “Moschea Qol-Şärif”
- Japanese: “クール・シャリフ”
- Kazakh: “Qulşärïf meşiti”
- Kazakh: “Кул Шариф мешіті”
- Kazakh: “Құл-Шәриф мешіті”
- Kazakh: “Құлшәриф мешіті”
- Kazakh: “قۇلشارىيف مەشىتى”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Qolsharif”
- Komering: “Masigid Kul Sharif”
- Lithuanian: “Kul Šarifo mečetė”
- Macedonian: “Џамија Кул Шариф”
- Malay: “Masjid Kul Sharif”
- Malay: “Masjid Qolsharif”
- Persian: “مسجد قل شریف”
- Persian: “مسجد قلشریف”
- Polish: “Meczet Kul Szarif”
- Russian: “Кул Шариф”
- Russian: “Кул-Шариф”
- Russian: “Мечеть Кул Шариф”
- Russian: “Мечеть Кул-Шариф”
- Serbian: “Džamija Kolšarif”
- Serbian: “Џамија Колшариф”
- Serbian: “Џамија Кулшариф”
- Slovenian: “Mošeja Kul Šarif”
- Spanish: “mezquita Qol Šärif”
- Spanish: “Mezquita Qol Šärif”
- Swedish: “Qolsharifmoskén”
- Tatar: “Кол Шәриф мәчете”
- Tatar: “Кол-Шәриф мәчете”
- Tatar: “Колшәриф мәчете”
- Turkish: “Kul Şerif Camii”
- Udmurt: “Кул Шариф мечеть”
- Ukrainian: “Кул-Шаріф”
- Urdu: “قل شریف مسجد”
- Urdu: “مسجد قل شریف”
- Welsh: “Mosg Qolsharif”
- Western Frisian: “Kûl Sjarif-moskee”
- Western Panjabi: “قل شریف مسیت”
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