Juma Mosque
Location: Horadiz village, Fuzuli
Condition Assessment
Status: Unchanged
Located in the city of Horadiz, in the Fuzuli district, the Juma Mosque appears on the Republic of Azerbaijan's registry of heritage sites (inventory No. 4220) as an architectural monument dating to 1889. 1 Another source dates its construction to 1890-1891. 2
Comparison of the KH-9 Hexagon satellite imagery dated July 1980 3 with satellite imagery captured in March 2005 4 shows that the condition of the mosque remained stable. The Soviet-era exterior covering was removed, exposing the original domed roof, but the structure remained in sound condition. Numerous images ( a , b , c , d , e , f ) post-dating the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War also confirm that the structure remains in good condition.
While the minaret seen in some of these photographs may appear damaged, this element was added in the early 1990s and was never completed. It is for this reason that the shadow of the minaret does not appear on the Hexagon image 3 , nor in a photo montage in which the building is visible from the east (0:15). A publication 2 also provides an image of the mosque, likely captured in 1991, that shows construction of the minaret underway in the right corner.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in July 1980; 3 drag left to see the mosque in March 2005. 4
The mosque remained in the same condition from March 2005 until the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in March 2005; 4 drag left to see the mosque in October 2020. 5
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References
2 Garabaghli Rizvan, “Monuments of Architecture in Fizuli (Mosques)”, Problems of Arts and Culture: International scientific journal, No. 1(67), 2019. p. 66-68.
3 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138A004, July 3, 1980.
4 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, March 11, 2005.
5 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, October 2, 2020.
