Emperor's Mosque
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The Emperor's Mosque is an important mosque
in Sarajevo
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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It was built by Isa-bey Ishakovich-Hranushich, as the first mosque in Sarajevo, in 1457 and it was dedicated to the Sultan Mehmed the 2nd, El-Fatih.
First settlements in Sarajevo were built around the mosque, and afterwards the residence of the Sultan's representative was built next to the mosque. Isa-bey also built a hammam (public bath), the bridge that led directly to the mosque (it was disassembled during the Austro-Hungarian government and rebuilt just a few meters upstream, where it still exists).
On the other side of the river he built caravanserai Kolobara-han. For financing these facilities Isa-bey left a heritage of many shops and land properties.
The first mosque was made of woods and significantly smaller than existing building that was built at 1565. Side rooms were added in 1800 and connected via a door with central prayer area in 1848. Between 1980 and 1983 the painted decorations in the interior of the mosque were conserved and restored.
The burial ground (graveyard) beside the Emperor's mosque contains the graves of viziers, munlas, muftis, sheikhs, employees in the Emperor's mosque and other dignitaries of Sarajevo.
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
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It was built by Isa-bey Ishakovich-Hranushich, as the first mosque in Sarajevo, in 1457 and it was dedicated to the Sultan Mehmed the 2nd, El-Fatih.
First settlements in Sarajevo were built around the mosque, and afterwards the residence of the Sultan's representative was built next to the mosque. Isa-bey also built a hammam (public bath), the bridge that led directly to the mosque (it was disassembled during the Austro-Hungarian government and rebuilt just a few meters upstream, where it still exists).
On the other side of the river he built caravanserai Kolobara-han. For financing these facilities Isa-bey left a heritage of many shops and land properties.
The first mosque was made of woods and significantly smaller than existing building that was built at 1565. Side rooms were added in 1800 and connected via a door with central prayer area in 1848. Between 1980 and 1983 the painted decorations in the interior of the mosque were conserved and restored.
The burial ground (graveyard) beside the Emperor's mosque contains the graves of viziers, munlas, muftis, sheikhs, employees in the Emperor's mosque and other dignitaries of Sarajevo.
See also
- Timeline of Islamic history
- Islamic architectureIslamic architectureIslamic architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the foundation of Islam to the present day, influencing the design and construction of buildings and structures in Islamic culture....
- Islamic artIslamic artIslamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally Islamic populations...
- List of mosques in Europe