Karadzozbey Mosque
Also known as: Karadzozbey Mosque
mosque in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Key facts
- Built
- 1557
- Architect
- Mimar Sinan
- Foundation/Institution
- Karagöz Mehmet Paşa
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Overview
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The Karadzozbey Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It stands in the city's predominantly Muslim eastern part. Our records credit it to the architect Mimar Sinan, and it belongs to the Ottoman architectural tradition. The building is known for its large dome and tall minaret, and one source describes it as the largest mosque in the area. It is named after Karagöz Mehmed Pasha, who commissioned it, and it is protected as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
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The mosque was built in 1557 on the commission of Karagöz Mehmed Pasha, after whom it is named. Mimar Sinan is recorded as its architect.
From Wikipedia
The Karađoz Bey Mosque (Bosnian: Karađoz-begova džamija; Turkish: Karagöz Mehmed Bey Camii) is a Sunni mosque, located in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Completed in 965 AH (1557/1558 CE) during the Ottoman era, the mosque was destroyed in the early 1990s during the Bosnian War, and rebuilt in 2004.
With its large dome and 34.5-metre-tall (113 ft) minaret, it is one of the largest mosques in the region.
Source: Wikipedia, article “Karađoz Bey Mosque”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D9%83
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara%C4%91ozbeg-Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara%C4%91oz_Bey_Mosque
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Kara%C4%91oz-bey_%C3%A0_Mostar
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B9
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karag%C3%B6z_Bey_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2_%D8%A8%DB%92_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF