Azerbaijani president, spouse inspect restoration at Badoyun Mosque in Lahij

On November 1, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva visited Lahij settlement as part of a visit to Ismayilli District, Report informs, adding that they toured the settlement and talked to residents.

Then, President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva inspected the restoration of the Badoyun Mosque in Lahij.

We should note that in 2019, during the visit of First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva to Lahij settlement of Ismayilli District, residents appealed to her for the repair of the Badoyun mosque. At that time, the first vice-president inspected the state of the mosque and instructed that major repairs be carried out.

Presidential aide Anar Alakbarov said that the Badoyun Mosque, built in 1791, and the surrounding areas had been restored with the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. As a result of the repairs, the mosque was restored to its original form. The minaret of the mosque has been reconstructed.

The Heydar Aliyev Foundation has been implementing projects and programs in various fields in Azerbaijan since inception. The foundation's activities to preserve and restore historical, cultural, and religious monuments are important. Restoration, conservation, and reconstruction of shrines in the regions are being carried out within the projects on the restoration of Azerbaijan's religious monuments and mosques, which are the national wealth of the Azerbaijani people.

It should be noted that as part of the reconstruction work in Lahij, the historical appearance of street floors, springs, and balconies in the settlement are being restored, seats, garbage cans, flower pots, historical light poles, names of streets and monuments, as well as tourist facilities are being installed in the area.

The work done has further increased the interest of tourists in Lahij. Every year there is an increase in the number of tourists visiting this settlement. Thus, in 2019, 89,000 tourists visited Lahij. 37,000 of them were foreign tourists. As of September this year, Lahij had already been visited by 82,000 tourists.