The oldest mosque of Bucharest: built for the Great Royal Jubilee Exhibition of 1906, removed to Eroii Revolutiei area in 1959-'60.
Feb
28
2012
iPhone photo of the day: Bucharest mosque
Historic Houses of Romania
VALENTIN MANDACHE's weblog
Hello, Valentin,
Any idea why it was moved to the “Heroes of the Revolution” section? Seems an odd place…
Best,
CW
In its former location, Carol Park, the mosque got in the way of the newly built Communist Heroes Mausoleum and that is why they decided to move it to the actual location. The demolition/ destruction was out of the question as that would have alienated Bucharest’s Muslim community an irked the Islamic countries’ embassies. VM