Tzar's Mosque or Emperor's mosque Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tzar's Mosque or Emperor's mosque The Emperor's Mosque (Bosnian: Careva Džamija, Turkish: Hünkâr Camii) is an important landmark in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, being the first mosque to be built (1457) after the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia. It is the largest single-subdome mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina, built in the classical Ottoman style of the era. It was built by one Isaković-Hranušić who dedicated it to the Sultan, Muhammad al-Fatih, the conqueror of Constantinople. Considered one of the most beautiful mosques of the Ottoman period in the Balkans, the mosque features a roomy interior and high quality decorative details, such as the mihrab. Tzar's Mosque or Emperor's mosque with a dome above the prayer area and three small domes on the cloister is built in 1566 by the order of sultan Suleyman the Magnificent and on the request of Sarajevo's inhabitants. Beside the square shaped prayer area the mosque has extensions (tetime) on each side in order to receive a large number of believers (barracks and lodging were near). On the place of today's mosque there used to be a mosque with a hipped roof, built by Isa-beg Ishaković in 1457, and in honour of sultan Mehmed II El-Fatih. Next to the mosque he also built the court (saraj) after which Sarajevo was named, a bridge, resting places for the caravans (karavansaraj) - Kolobara han (hostelry), Turkish bath (hamam), mills, Moslem monastery (tekija) and large number of architect was Karl Paržik who successfully completed this complex by respecting the modulus and using the elements of the traditional method of construction
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