Kebir-Jami

The mosque Kebir-Jami mosque in Simferopol - the main spiritual center of Muslims of Crimea and the monument of architecture of the time of the Crimean khanate. This is the oldest building of the city, which gave him the first name of AK-Mechet. The mosque was built in 1508 Mengli Giray Khan, was subsequently rebuilt several times. Present appearance in the forms of Turkish religious architecture it is found in the result of reconstruction 1907 In early 1990s it had to be rebuilt almost from the ruins. Recently completed renovations of interiors: ornaments, Arab painting and mehrab.Now here is the Crimean Muftiyat.