Blue Mosque

Yerevan’s Blue Mosque was built in 1765–1766 and stands at 12 Mesrop Mashtots Avenue. The seven-thousand-square-metre complex includes a 71-by-47-metre courtyard, a ritual building, a dome and a minaret decorated with glazed tiles and majolica. The 24-metre minaret in the southeastern corner is the only survivor of the mosque’s original four; the other three were demolished after 1945. The complex also contains 28 pavilions, a library to the north, the main prayer hall and dome to the south, and the central courtyard.