Haji Giyaseddin Mosque
Location: Garghabazar, Fuzuli
Condition Assessment
Status: Unchanged
Located in the village of Garghabazar of the Fuzuli district, Haji Giyaseddin Mosque is on the list of heritage sites of the Republic of Azerbaijan (inventory No 4212) as an architectural monument of the 17 th century. 1,2,3
Comparison of Hexagon imagery dated July 1980 4 with satellite imagery captured in September 2020 5 shows that the overall structure of the mosque did not change over this period. Videos ( a , b ) post-dating the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War confirm this assessment of its overall structural integrity. But these videos also show that the mosque was used as a barn before the war. Satellite imagery shows that an area to the north of the mosque was cleared, possibly for keeping animals, between August 2014 and August 2019.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in July 1980; 4 Drag the swipe tool left to see the mosque in September 2020. 5
Geolocation
Supplementary Imagery
The mosque prior to the 2020 Karabakh War
The plan and sketch of the mosque.
References
2 Усейнов М., Бретаницкий Л., Саламзаде А., История архитектуры Азербайджана. Акад. наук АзССР. Ин-т архитектуры и искусства. Москва: Госстройиздат, 1963, p. 247.
3 Саламзаде А. В., Архитектура Азербайджана XVI-XIX вв. ред. М. А. Усейнов. АН Азерб. ССР, Ин-т Архитектуры и Искусства. Баку: изд. АН Азерб.ССР, 1964, p. 39.
4 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138A004, July 3, 1980.
5 Google Earth/Maxar technologies, September 18, 2020.
