Inside the Botanikuri Mosque in Tbilisis
The Botanikuri Mosque, built in 1895, is the only mosque in Tbilisi that survived Lavrenty Beria's anti-religious purges of the 1930s. Unusually, Shiite and Sunni Muslims pray together here. The interior is prettily frescoed and visitors are welcome.
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