Village:
Cernavodă
Ottoman name of village:
Boğazköy
Latitude:
44.3380556
Longitude:
028.0336111
Date:
1756
Description:
Mosque with rectangular shapeand minaret next to the western wall. The main building has three rooms: a vestibule with exit to a room with different purposes and another exit to the prayer room. The prayer room has a wooden balcony, dedicated to women, painted in green. The access is via wooden staircase from the
hall. The ceiling is made of wood and decorated with geometrical motives. The mihrab is white and the niche is marked by a built frame. The minbar is made of wood and painted in green too. On the left corner there is a small stone pulpit with five steps.
Outside the mosque, on the right side is a stone minaret. It has an inscription in Ottoman on the south part which mentions that in 1303 AH/1886 the minaret was repaired.
On the north side of the garden there a several tombstones which do not follow any order and do not have any inscription. Some of them are enclosed.
In front of the mossque there is a small fountain, probably used for ablution.
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