Sojās

Sojas lies in the highland country south of Zanjan, amid the valleys that drain towards the Qezel Ozan. Its Friday mosque is a small but distinguished monument of Seljuk architecture. Built of brick and crowned by a dome, it preserves inscriptions and a prayer niche decorated in stucco. The mosque's compact form stands in contrast to the open fields and bare hills around the settlement, and recalls the long history of religious patronage in this part of northwestern Iran.