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Akho mosque

Georgia

The Akho Mosque (akhos jame) is a Friday mosque in the village of Akho, in Adjara, an autonomous entity in southwest Georgia. Completed in 1818, it is the oldest extant mosque in Adjara. The building is known for its decorative wooden carvings on the door and minbar, a fusion of Ottoman motifs and elements of vernacular Georgian architecture. The mosque is inscribed on the list of the Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia.

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