Šarena Mosque
Also known as: Šarena Mosque
mosque in Tetovo, North Macedonia
Key facts
- Built
- 1438
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Overview
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The Šarena Mosque, known in Turkish as Alaca Cami, stands in the old part of Tetovo in North Macedonia, beside the Pena River. It lies at the junction of Brakja Miladinovi and Ilinden streets, close to other buildings from the Ottoman period. Both its façade and its interior are richly decorated with colourful arabesques, and these give the mosque its name: the Turkish word "alaca" means multicoloured. Among Tetovo's Albanian residents it is mostly called Xhamia e Pashës, the Pasha's Mosque. The building follows Ottoman architecture and is listed as a heritage site in North Macedonia.
History
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According to the Arabic-language source, construction of the mosque was completed in 1438. The same source records that Abdurrahman Pasha had it rebuilt in 1833.
From Wikipedia
Šarena Džamija, (Macedonian: Шарена Џамија; Albanian: Xhamia e Larme or Albanian: Xhamia e Pashës; Turkish: Alaca Cami) meaning Decorated Mosque in English but also variably translated as Painted Mosque, is a mosque located near the Pena River in Tetovo, North Macedonia. The mosque was originally built in 1438 and later rebuilt in 1833 by Abdurrahman Pasha. Unlike other mosques of the Classical Ottoman period, the Šarena Mosque is more characteristic of traditional mosques in Anatolia, as it was constructed before the conquest of Constantinople, when Byzantine-influenced mosque domes became the standard design.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunte_Moschee_(Tetovo)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0arena_Mosque
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_pintada_de_Tetovo
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_peinte_de_Tetovo
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaca_Cami_(Kalkandelen)
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7