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The mosque (# 13 on diagram) was built in the
13th century, according to the latest information in 1222. In other words it
was a Moslem building before the Genoese captured the city. It is 14.3 by 13.9
meters. However, some researchers consider that the building was rebuilt in
1423 by the Genoese as the Consul's reception hall. Of the original building
there remains only the kladka and north east corner and one window with aa that
is painted characteristic of Turkish architecture. The dome comes from the
beginning of the 14th century. The current portal is from the 16th century. Now
the building houses a very fine archeological museum that displays interesting
artifacts found in and around the fortress. Note that the fortress lower wall,
part of which is seen on the left, passes just behind the mosque. The modern
buildings are in the modern Sudak far below the fortress.
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