Namazgjahu Mosque

This article covers the Great Mosque of Ulcinj; on the mosque in Albania, also called Namazgja Mosque , see Great Mosque of Tirana .

Namazghaju Mosque

The Namazgjahu Mosque ( Albanian  Xhamia e Namazgjahut ), also Great Mosque ( Xhamia e Madhe ), Xhamia e Mezgjahut or Bazaar Mosque ( Xhamia e Pazarit ), is one of the six mosques in the Montenegrin port city of Ulcinj and still used today as religious places of worship at the same time their greatest.

The Islamic church was built in 1728 by Suleiman Mujali from Ulcinj. The Namazgjahu Mosque has a minaret and was built according to the Ottoman architecture of the 18th century. There was a madrasah next to the mosque . The name is derived from the Turkish word namazgâh , which means place of prayer .

The mosque's Friday chutbe is held in Albanian and Arabic . The facade of the Namazgjahu Mosque has been restored since 2011.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Montenegro Cities Ulcinj. (PDF) visit-montenegro.com, accessed on December 2, 2014 (English). 
2. ^ The history of Ulcinj, Montenegro. In: UlcinjMontenegro.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015 ; accessed on December 2, 2014 . 

Coordinates: 41 ° 55 ′ 47.1 ″  N , 19 ° 12 ′ 27.3 ″  E