Sinan Pasha Mosque (Prizren)
The Sinan Pascha Mosque ( Albanian Xhamia e Sinan Pashës ; Serbo-Croatian Синан Пашина Џамија / Sinan Pašina Džamija ; Turkish Sinan Paşa Camii ) in Prizren is an important cultural monument from the Ottoman era of Kosovo . It is also the largest Islamic church in the country and a symbol of the city of Prizren.
history
The mosque was built by the vizier Sinan Pasha at the beginning of the 17th century, not far from the Prizrenska Bistrica (Alb. Lumëbardhi ) river in the center of the old town. Its construction time is usually dated between 1600 (or 1608) and 1615. For the walls, stone and plastic jewelry from the destroyed Archangel Church were used. The mosque was fully restored between 2007 and 2011.
investment
The mosque is built on a square floor plan, the side length is 17.80 m. The dome is supported by an octagonal tambour on trumpets . The rectangular space of the mihrab is covered by a half-dome. Most of the decorations on the ceiling of the prayer room date from the 19th century. The ornaments are decorated with floral and colorful designs. The four-pillar vestibule with three domes was destroyed during the First World War and rebuilt in 2011. The height of the minaret is given as 42 m ( Trifunović ). It has a Scheref (balcony) and a typical Ottoman conical roof with roof decorations .
literature
- Lazar Trifunović: Art Monuments in Yugoslavia, Volume 2 (P – Z). A picture manual. Leipzig 1981: Edition Leipzig, p. 361 f. with photo no. 71 and floor plan, without ISBN
Web links
- Cultural Heritage in Kosovo UNESCO . (English; PDF; 2.1 MB), last accessed on January 30, 2011
- Sinan Pasha Mosque. In: “Prizren 360 °” (Albanian), last accessed on June 8, 2012
Coordinates: 42 ° 12 ′ 32 " N , 20 ° 44 ′ 29" E