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Šarena Mosque

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mosque in Tetovo, North Macedonia

Key facts

Affiliation
Sunni Islam
Location
Tetovo , North Macedonia
Architect
Isak Bey
Type
Mosque
Style
Ottoman Architecture
Completed
1438 ; 588 years ago ( 1438 )
Length
10 m
Width
10 m
Materials
Natural stones and colours

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mosque
Religion
Islam
Located in
Tetovo
Image
Tetovo Bunte Moschee.jpg
Has use
mosque
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Commons category
Šarena Džamija (Tetovo)
architectural style
Ottoman architecture
native label
Шарена Џамија
inception
1438-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Šarena Džamija, (Macedonian: Шарена Џамија; Albanian: Xhamia e Larme or Albanian: Xhamia e Pashës; Turkish: Alaca Cami) meaning Decorated Mosque in English but also variably translated as Painted Mosque, is a mosque located near the Pena River in Tetovo, North Macedonia. The mosque was originally built in 1438 and later rebuilt in 1833 by Abdurrahman Pasha. Unlike other mosques of the Classical Ottoman period, the Šarena Mosque is more characteristic of traditional mosques in Anatolia, as it was constructed before the conquest of Constantinople, when Byzantine-influenced mosque domes became the standard design.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Šarena Mosque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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