Jeni Mosque
Also known as: Jeni Mosque
mosque
Key facts
- Built
- 1558
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Overview
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The Jeni Mosque, also known as the New Mosque (Yeni Cami), stands in the Old Bazaar of Bitola, North Macedonia, and is an example of Ottoman architecture. It is known for its decorative ornamentation, calligraphy and muqarnas, which sources describe as unique in the country. Its glazed decorative elements are likewise said to have no parallel elsewhere in North Macedonia. The building is listed as a heritage site in North Macedonia. Today it is no longer used for worship but houses an art gallery. The name comes from the Turkish word for "new", and Macedonian and Albanian sources use equivalent forms of it.
History
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The mosque was built in 1558 by Kadı Mahmud Efendi, at a time when Bitola was part of the Ottoman Empire. It now serves as an art gallery.
From Wikipedia
The Yeni Mosque (Macedonian: Јени џамија, romanized: Jeni džamija, Albanian: Jeni Xhamia, Turkish: Yeni Cami) situated in Bitola, North Macedonia, was built in 1558 by Kadi Mahmud-efendi. It is well known for its exquisite decorative ornaments and stalactites. The glazed decorative features found on the Yeni Mosque are the only examples of their kind in the country. Today, this mosque houses an art gallery. Yeni means "new" in Turkish.
Source: Wikipedia, article “New Mosque, Bitola”; 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%8A%D9%86%D9%8A
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Moschee_(Bitola)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mosque,_Bitola
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_Yeni_(Bitola)
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%95%D0%BD%D0%B8
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeni_Cami_(Manast%C4%B1r)