Shekh Rashka Mosque
Shekh Rashka Mosque is a mosque in Erbil, Erbil Governorate which is located on Qalat Street. Shekh Rashka Mosque is situated nearby to the mosque Mzgawti Xanaqa, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Erbil Square View Point.- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Address: Qalat Street, أربيل, قضاء أربيل, محافظة أربيل 44001
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Citadel of Erbil and Kurdish Textile Museum.
Citadel of Erbil
Castle
Photo: jan kurdistani, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Erbil, locally called Qellat, is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The citadel was added to the World Heritage List on 21 June 2014. Citadel of Erbil is situated 260 metres northwest of Shekh Rashka Mosque.
Kurdish Textile Museum
Museum
Photo: Ara Qadir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum is a museum devoted to textiles and other cultural works produced in Kurdistan, especially in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was established in 2004 and is located in a renovated mansion in the southeast quarter of the Citadel of Erbil in Iraq. Kurdish Textile Museum is situated 100 metres northwest of Shekh Rashka Mosque.
Mzgawti Xanaqa
Mosque
The Khalidiya Khanqah Mosque and Tekke, also known as the Mzgawti Xanaqa, is a religious complex comprising a Sufi mosque, tekke, library, and marketplace, located near the UNESCO World Heritage citadel in the city of Erbil, in the Erbil Governorate of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ankawa.
Ankawa
Town
Ankawa is a suburb of Erbil in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located 8 kilometres northwest of downtown Erbil. The suburb is predominantly populated by Christian Assyrians, most of whom adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church. Ankawa is situated 4½ km north of Shekh Rashka Mosque.
Shekh Rashka Mosque
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Erbil, Erbil Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.18956° or 36° 11′ 22″ northLongitude
44.01096° or 44° 0′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8H8652Q6+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 405885476OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunni
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