Village:
Amzacea
Ottoman name of village:
Hamzaça/Amzaça/Amzacı
Latitude:
43.9570861
Longitude:
028.3936750
Date:
1858
Description:
Village mosque, rectangular shape, with a minaret on the western part of the building. The mosque was built between 1850-1858 for the entire Muslim community of the village. On a tile from the back-side wall there is an inscription in Ottoman with Arabic alphabet / kitabe which mentions the year of inauguration of the mosque, H. 1274/1857-1858.
After 1890 in Amzacea was built another mosque, dedicated to the Tatar community, the first one remained for the use of the Turkish community. In the yard around the mosque are tombstones of Muslim graves, probably dated 19th-20th century.
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