The Kul Sharif Mosque, Kazan, Russia

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The Kul Sharif Mosque is the biggest mosque in Europe. It was named in honor of the head of the Kazan knanate muslims, seid Kul Sharif, who got killed during the defence of the citadel. The minarets of the mosque are 57 meters high. The mosque was destroyed in October 1552 during the assault of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible's troops. The reconstruction of the mosque began in 1996, and its inauguration took place in 2005.

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