Sultan Murad Mosque
Encyclopedia
The Sultan Murad Mosque is an Ottoman
-era mosque in Skopje
, Macedonia
. It was built with money donated by Sultan Murad
himself. The mosque, built in 1463, has an unusual 3-nave basilica shape and a flat ceiling, instead of domes, because it was built over St George Monastery, the main monastery in Skopje before the coming of the Turks. Some remains of the monastery still stand.
Sultan Murad Mosque stands on a plateau next to the clock tower. The main architect of the mosque was Husein from Debar
. The mosque has remained mostly undamaged through the fires and earthquakes Skopje
has sustained.
The Sultan Murad Mosque is rectangular in shape, with a porch including four columns with decorated caplets, connected by arcades.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
-era mosque in Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. It was built with money donated by Sultan Murad
Murad II
Murad II Kodja was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451 ....
himself. The mosque, built in 1463, has an unusual 3-nave basilica shape and a flat ceiling, instead of domes, because it was built over St George Monastery, the main monastery in Skopje before the coming of the Turks. Some remains of the monastery still stand.
Sultan Murad Mosque stands on a plateau next to the clock tower. The main architect of the mosque was Husein from Debar
Debar
Debar is a city in the western part of the Republic of Macedonia, near the border with Albania, on the road from Struga to Gostivar. It is the seat of Debar Municipality.-Geography:...
. The mosque has remained mostly undamaged through the fires and earthquakes Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
has sustained.
The Sultan Murad Mosque is rectangular in shape, with a porch including four columns with decorated caplets, connected by arcades.