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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ferhadija Mosque

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ferhadija Mosque
Photo: Argo Navis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Ferhadija Mosque, located in Sarajevo's historic Baščaršija neighbourhood, is a sixteenth-century Ottoman structure built by Ferhad-beg Vuković, a Bosnian Sanjak-bey (provincial governor) and descendant of the medieval Vuković family. An exemplar of Ottoman architectural tradition, the mosque holds the status of a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Type
mosque
Heritage
National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Place
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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