Tashkjoprju Mosque
The Taschkjoprju Mosque ( Bulgarian Ташкьопрю джамия Taschkjoprju Dschamija , Turkish Taşköprü Camii Mosque of stone ' ) is a building of the Ottoman Bauepoche in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv , Turkish Filibe . The building is about 25 m long, 15 m wide and has a dome.
The Tashkjoprju Mosque was built in the west of the city in the 16th century to cope with the immigration of Turks into the city center. In 1928, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake destroyed the only minaret. Part of the property was sold to finance its rebuilding, but this was not enough, so that the mosque remained closed until 1944.
After the establishment of the Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria , the building was confiscated in 1946. In the course of the return of confiscated owners from 1989, the chief muftiate of Bulgaria and the muftiate of Plovdiv also filed a lawsuit, but the mosque was sold to two Bulgarian investors who used the building as an “Italian restaurant” and “Greek tavern” from the 1990s. The muftiate was only able to move the bar from the inside onto the mosque site; the new owners are charging around 600,000 euros for the handover of the building. The mosque is currently used as a furniture store.
On February 19, 2016, the Tashkjopru mosque and the adjacent Orta-Mesar- Hamam burned down , the cause of the fire is unknown.
Web links
- Filibe'deki tarihi Taşköprü Camii, uzun süredir taverna, meyhane ve lokanta olarak kullanılıyor. Kırcaali Haber, accessed April 18, 2013 .
- Tarihi Türk eseri kullanılamaz hâle geldi. Yeni Asya , February 20, 2016, accessed June 2016 .
Coordinates: 42 ° 5 '9.2 " N , 24 ° 26' 34.4" E