Ferhat Pasha Mosque, Banja Luka

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Ferhat Pasha Mosque, Banja Luka
Ferhat Pasha Mosque, also known as the Ferhadija Mosque, was a central building in the city of Banja Luka and one of the greatest achievements of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 16th century Ottoman to impose Islamic architecture in Europe. It was built in 1579 under the reign of Ferhad Pasha Sokolovic, when Banja Luka became the centre of Bosnian pashalik. ​

Ferhat Pasha Mosque, also known as the Ferhadija Mosque, was a central building in the city of Banja Luka and one of the greatest achievements of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 16th century Ottoman to impose Islamic architecture in Europe. It was built in 1579 under the reign of Ferhad Pasha Sokolovic, when Banja Luka became the centre of Bosnian pashalik. 

It is one of the most significant cultural-historical monuments of the oriental culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina, built in the same way as the school of famous Turkish architect, Sinan. Ferhad Pasha Sokolovic was the member of famous Sokolovic family, who marked a part of Bosnian history, in the time when the Ottoman Empire was on the peak of its power. 

The mosque was destroyed in 1993 in the Civil War, and its rebuilding, based on the same project, has started in 2006. Reconstruction of the Banja Luka’s Ferhadija, one of the most famous mosques in BiH, which was demolished in 1993, is completed.

 

 

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