Suzi Çelebi Mosque

Ottoman-era mosque in Prizren, Kosovo
42°12′34″N 20°44′2″E / 42.20944°N 20.73389°E / 42.20944; 20.73389ArchitectureCompleted1523; 501 years ago (1523)

The Suzi Çelebi Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Suzi Çelebiut) is an Ottoman-era mosque in Prizren, Kosovo.[1]

The mosque was built in 1523, and is the second earliest Islamic building in the city of Prizren and the first completely Islamic architecture. It has a rectangular plan with a four-bay roof covered with tiles. Its roof is raised on eleven wooden pillars and covered with a triangular roof. A capital decorated with arched shapes is made on the wooden pillars. In the courtyard of the mosque are the old cemeteries of the city's Muslim priests. There is also the cemetery where Suzi Çelebiu and his brother, Nehari in Abdullah, are buried; both are known as among the first poets in Prizren.[2][3]

See also

  • Architecture of Kosovo
  • Islam in Kosovo
  • Religion in Kosovo

References

  1. ^ "LISTA E TRASHËGIMISË KULTURORE PËR MBROJTJE TË PËRKOHSHME" (PDF).
  2. ^ Prizreni - Vendtakim i civilizimeve, Komuna e Prizren, Drejtoria për Turizëm dhe Zhvillim Ekonomik, 2012
  3. ^ Trashegimia e evidentuar e Kosoves, Ministria e Kultures, Rinise dhe Sportit, 2005
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