Fehtija Mosque ( bs, Fethija džamija) is a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

and former Catholic church located in the town of Bihać,

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. Built in 1266, it is the oldest gothic building in the country.''Fethija džamija sa haremom, devet grobnih ploča i natpisima, graditeljska cjelina '' – Članak
Komisija za očuvanje nacionalnih spomenika. (10. November 2013.) It was originally built as a Catholic church dedicated to Saint

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, and was subsequently transformed into a mosque following the 1592 conquest of Bihać from

Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

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by the

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. The building was originally accompanied by a monastery, which was also mentioned in a 13th-century charter of the Croatian nobility.

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http://www.discoverbihac.ba/dzamija1.php
Buildings and structures in Bihać Ottoman mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina 16th-century mosques National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mosques completed in 1266 Former Roman Catholic church buildings History of Bihać Mosques converted from churches in the Ottoman Empire Gothic architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina Medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina architecture {{europe-mosque-stub

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