The Suzi Çelebi Mosque () is an Ottoman-era mosque in
Prizren
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Kosovo.
The mosque was built in 1523, and is the second earliest Islamic building in the city of Prizren and the first completely
Islamic architecture. It has a rectangular plan with a four-bay roof covered with tiles. Its roof is raised on eleven wooden pillars and covered with a triangular roof. A capital decorated with arched shapes is made on the wooden pillars. In the courtyard of the mosque are the old cemeteries of the city's Muslim priests. There is also the cemetery where
Suzi Çelebiu and his brother, Nehari in Abdullah, are buried; both are known as among the first
poets in Prizren.
[Prizreni - Vendtakim i civilizimeve, Komuna e Prizren, Drejtoria për Turizëm dhe Zhvillim Ekonomik, 2012][Trashegimia e evidentuar e Kosoves, Ministria e Kultures, Rinise dhe Sportit, 2005]
See also
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Architecture of Kosovo
The architecture of Kosovo dates back to the Neolithic period and includes the Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages, Antiquity and the Medieval period. It has been influenced by the presence of different civilizations and religions as evidenced by the st ...
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Islam in Kosovo
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Religion in Kosovo
Religion in Kosovo is separated from the state. The Constitution establishes Kosovo as a secular state that is neutral in matters of religious beliefs and where everyone is equal before the law and freedom to belief, conscience and religion is ...
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Mosques in Prizren
Religious buildings and structures in Prizren
Ottoman mosques in Kosovo
Cultural heritage of Kosovo
16th-century mosques
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