Giyasly Mosque
Location: Giyasly, Aghdam
Condition Assessment
Status: Major damage
Located in the village of Giyasly (Aghdam district), this unnamed mosque appears on the Republic of Azerbaijan's list of heritage sites (inventory No. 4052) as dating to the 18 th century. 1
A video taken in the mosque in 1991 confirms that in the early 1990s it was a functional building, suggesting that damage to the structure took place after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. CHW cross-referenced Hexagon imagery from August 1980 2 and satellite imagery captured in November 2004 3 to determine that the mosque's major damage was most likely sustained between the early 1990s and November 2004 when the roof was removed.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in August 1980; 2 drag left to see the mosque in November 2004. 3
Additional satellite imagery shows that between December 2011 (not shown) and June 2014 4 the mosque and its immediate surroundings to the north and northwest were used for keeping animals and related activities. It remained this way until the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in June 2014; 4 drag left to see the mosque in June 2019. 5
Geolocation
Supplementary Imagery
The mosque as of August 2021
References
2 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-200431F030, August 11, 1980.
3 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, November 12, 2004.
4 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, June 14, 2014.
5 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, June 23, 2019.
