A sight in the Białystok region

Kruszyniany — the wooden mosque of the Polish Tatars

Kruszyniany, a village by the Belarusian border, is one of only two places in Poland with historic wooden mosques of the Polish Tatars. From outside the green 18th-century mosque looks like a village church. Next to it lies the mizar, the Tatar cemetery, and in the village you can try traditional Tatar food.

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Visiting

The mosque is visited with a guide who tells the story of the Tatars settled here by King Jan III Sobieski. Visits may be limited on Fridays at prayer time and on Muslim holidays.

Easy to combine with Supraśl or Krynki on the Tatar Trail.

How to get there and practical info

Distance
About 50 km from Białystok
Visiting
Guided; limited on Fridays and holidays
Combine with
Supraśl, Krynki, Bohoniki (the second Tatar mosque)
Mapa: Google Maps · 53.1778, 23.8137

Other sights in Białystok

Straight-line distances from „Kruszyniany — Tatar mosque" — calculated from real coordinates. By road it is often further.

Supraśl — monastery and Icon MuseumA spa town in the Knyszyn Forest with a monastery, Icon Museum, kayaks and a river beach.
~32 km as the crow flies
Siberian Memorial MuseumA modern museum about deportations to Siberia — one of Poland's most important histor
~43 km as the crow flies
Ludwik Zamenhof CentreAn exhibition about the multicultural city in which Esperanto was born.
~43 km as the crow flies
Branicki Palace and gardensThe Versailles of Podlasie — the Hetman's baroque residence with French gardens open
~44 km as the crow flies
Cathedral of the Assumption (Old Parish Church)Two churches in one: a 17th-century parish church and the neo-Gothic basilica built onto i
~44 km as the crow flies
Podlasie Opera and PhilharmonicThe largest stage in north-eastern Poland — opera, musicals and concerts, plus an open-air
~44 km as the crow flies
Kościuszko Square and town hallA triangular square with the rebuilt town hall — now the Podlasie Museum — and café garden
~44 km as the crow flies
St Nicholas Orthodox CathedralThe Orthodox cathedral on Lipowa Street — golden domes and an interior full of icons.
~44 km as the crow flies
St Roch's ChurchA modernist gem on the hill at the end of Lipowa Street — a national Monument of History.
~45 km as the crow flies
Narew National Park — Waniewo–Śliwno boardwalkThe "Polish Amazon" — a kilometre of boardwalks and hand-pulled floating ferries
~68 km as the crow flies
Tykocin — Great Synagogue and castleA small town on the Narew with one of Poland's most beautiful synagogues and a rebuil
~70 km as the crow flies

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