Kaunas Mosque
| Kaunas Mosque | |
|---|---|
Lithuanian: Kauno mečetė | |
The mosque, in May 2019 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
| Ownership | Kauno Miesto Musulmonų Religinė Bendruomenė |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Centras, Kaunas City, Kaunas County |
| Country | Lithuania |
Location of the mosque in Lithuania | |
| Geographic coordinates | 54°53′39″N 23°55′41″E / 54.89417°N 23.92806°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) |
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| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Style | Modernist (1933) |
| Groundbreaking | 1930 (brick mosque) |
| Completed |
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| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | North |
| Dome(s) | One |
| Minaret(s) | One |
| Minaret height | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Materials | Bricks; concrete |
| Official name | Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939 |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv |
| Designated | 2023 (45th session) |
| Reference no. | 1661 |
| UNESCO region | Europe |
The Kaunas Mosque (Lithuanian: Kauno mečetė) is a World Heritage-listed Sunni Islamic mosque, located at Tatars Street 6 (Lithuanian: Totorių g. 6), in the Centras eldership of Kaunas, Lithuania. It is the only mosque in the Kaunas district, one of only four mosques in Lithuania, and the only brick mosque in Lithuania and the Baltic countries.