Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mosque in Sarajevo
The Ferhadija Mosque, or Ferhat Pasha Mosque, stands in Baščaršija on the pedestrian street that bears its name. It was built in 1562 by Ferhad-beg Vuković Desisalić, sanjak-bey of Bosnia and a descendant of the old medieval Bosnian Vuković family. It is one of the great achievements of 16th-century Ottoman architecture in Bosnia and shows the classical style at full maturity: a single dome over the prayer hall, a portico with three small domes, and a slender stone minaret built onto the mosque. Research in 1964 to 1965 found several layers of painted decoration from different periods; the oldest and most valuable, from the 16th century, in the dome, cornice and mihrab, belongs to the style known as Rumi ornament, under later layers from the 18th, late 19th and 20th centuries. Beside the mosque is a small cemetery where members of the Janissary order and old Sarajevo families were buried. It was damaged in the 1992 to 1995 war and later restored.
It is a working mosque: visit outside prayer times, dress modestly, and women cover their hair. Fifteen minutes is enough. It is on Ferhadija street where Ottoman Sarajevo meets Austro-Hungarian Sarajevo; the Meeting of Cultures marker in the pavement nearby is a favourite photo spot.
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