Papy Mosque

Location: Papy, Jabrayil

Site N.4171: 39.40453540N /47.077334E

Condition Assessment

Status: Destroyed

Located in the village of Papy (Jabrayil district) this mosque is on the Republic of Azerbaijan's list of heritage sites (inventory No. 4171) as dating to the 19 th  century. 1  

A comparison of Hexagon imagery dated July 1980 2  with satellite imagery captured in May 2010 3  shows that the mosque was largely destroyed during this period. Images ( a ,  b ) of the mosque post-dating the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War also confirm that the mosque is in ruins.

Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in July 1980; 2  drag left to see the mosque in May 2010. 3 

Geolocation

CHW geolocated the mosque using images ( a ,  b ) disseminated by the  Karabakh Center .

References

 2  KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138A004, July 3, 1980.

 3  Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, May 19, 2010.

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2023

Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in July 1980; 2  drag left to see the mosque in May 2010. 3