Stone Mosque (Church of the Virgin Mary)

The date of the construction of the Church of the Virgin Mary is known, 916-1001. The building is also known as the Hahoe Church because of the name of the monastery located in it. It was converted into a mosque in the nineteenth century and came to be called the Stone Mosque. The church that David built in the Tortum area is surrounded by buildings whose monastery was built, made The church is one of the best cut stones in that period. Characters such as the lion, the bull, the eagle, and the griffin often appeared on the interior walls, taken from the Bible.