Emperor's Mosque, Sarajevo

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Emperor's Mosque, Sarajevo
The Emperor's Mosque or Careva Džamija 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, built in the classical Ottoman style of the era.

The Emperor's Mosque or Careva Džamija 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, built in the classical Ottoman style of the era. 

The central part of the current Emperor's was completed at around 1565 by Sultan Suleiman the Great on the site of an even earlier mosque. The ensemble of the Emperor's Mosque, which is one of the most significant mosques in Sarajevo, includes a large inner courtyard with sadrvan fountain, the Isa-bey hammam building, a graveyard and a reading room with library.

The Mosque is situated on the let bank of the river iljacka, just at the crosing of the streets Obala Isa-bega Isakovića and Konak.

 

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