Čobanija Mosque ( bs, Džamija Čobanija) was constructed in
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina, before 1565. The building is quite spacious, with a fine stone minaret. Set into the walls around the minaret is a poem in Turkish. There is a cemetery adjacent to the mosque, which some believe is the final resting place of the benefactor, Čoban-Hasan.
In 2007, a proposal was adopted for the mosque to be listed as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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See also
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Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Islam is the most widespread religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was introduced to the local population in the 15th and 16th centuries as a result of the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Muslims comprise the single largest rel ...
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List of mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This is a list of Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina, mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina listed by municipality.
There were 4,190 Islamic places of worship in Bosnia and Herzegovina before the Bosnian War, 1992–1995 war, including 1,149 mosques. ...
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Mosques in Sarajevo
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1561
Centar, Sarajevo
Attacks on religious buildings and structures during the Bosnian War
Ottoman mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina
16th-century mosques
1561 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
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