Banja Luka Ferhad Pasha Mosque 1579-1580 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)

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Banja Luka, Bosnia-Hercegovina
Ferhad Pasha Mosque 1579-1580

The mosque complex included a madrasa (medrese), a Quranic school (mekteb), a dar al-hadith, a bathhouse (hamam), a fountain (Cesme), clocktower (saat kulesi or sahat kula), three tombs (turbe) and a cemetery. A caravanserai (kervansaray) and a market (bedesten or bezistan) were also built at the same time. An inscription over the main entrance of the mosque dated construction to 1579, which corresponds to Ferhad Pasha's rule as the district governor of Bosnia. (sancakbey) (Ottoman Period). Some experts believe the Ottoman architect Sinan was born in this area.
The Ferhad Pasha Complex was blown up during Bosnia's inter-ethnic war on May 7, 1993 in the early morning hours. After destroying the buildings on the site, Serbian nationalists bulldozed and removed the debris of the destruction.



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