Shopan-Ata underground mosque

Mangystau Region · Kazakhstan

Shopan-Ata underground mosque, Kazakhstan
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One of the oldest cave mosques in Mangystau, hewn into soft rock and surrounded by a large necropolis. It marks an important station on the pilgrimage route through the arid plateau.

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