Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mosque
The Ali Pasha Mosque in Sarajevo's Centar district, at the edge of Hastahana park, was built in 1560 to 1561 as an endowment (vakuf) of Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha, the Ottoman governor of the Bosnia Eyalet, after his death in September 1560. It is one of the most harmonious of Sarajevo's Ottoman mosques. It follows the classical Istanbul style: a single large dome over the prayer hall, three small domes over the portico, and a slender stone minaret. Its proportions make it the largest single-dome mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the grounds is a small domed mausoleum holding the sarcophagi of Avdo Sumbul and Behdžet Mutevelić, activists of the Gajret cultural society who died in the prison of Arad in 1915. The dome was damaged during the Bosnian War of the 1990s; the mosque was last restored in 2004 and added to the List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005. Its quiet garden of trees and old gravestones is a pleasant break from busy Maršala Tita street.
It is a working mosque: visit outside prayer times, dress modestly, and women cover their hair; shoes off inside. Fifteen to thirty minutes is enough. It is a short walk from Baščaršija along Ferhadija, and easy to combine with the Presidency Building and the National Museum on the way to Marijin Dvor.
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