Orta Cami Mosque

17th-century neighbourhood mosque in the old quarter

Address Bakhchysarai old town

A small mid-17th-century mosque in the heart of Bahchisaray's old quarter, one of the handful of pre-modern Crimean Tatar religious buildings that survived the Soviet-era demolitions. The building is unassuming — a simple square hall with a slim minaret — and unusually intact for the region.

Restored after 1991 and now used again by the local Crimean Tatar community for prayers. Visitors are welcome outside prayer times; modest dress required. The mosque sits in a tangle of narrow streets that gives the best surviving sense of how Bahchisaray must have looked under the khans.

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