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Sinan Pasha Mosque () is a mosque in
Kaçanik Kaçanik ( sq-definite, Kaçaniku) or Kačanik ( sr-Cyrl, Качаник, ), is a List of cities in Kosovo, town and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality located in the District of Ferizaj, Ferizaj District of southern Kosovo. According to the 2 ...
, southern
Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
. It was built in 1594–95. The mosque was built by
Sinan Pasha Koca Sinan Pasha (, "Sinan the Great", ; c. 1506 – 3 April 1596) was an Albanian-born Ottoman Grand Vizier, military figure, and statesman. From 1580 until his death he served five times as Grand Vizier. Early life Sinan Pasha, also known ...
, the five-time
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire The grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire ( or ''Sadr-ı Azam'' (''Sadrazam''); Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish: or ) was the ''de facto'' prime minister of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, sultan in the Ottoman Empire, with the absolute p ...
, along with the fort in Kaçanik.Gail Warrander, Verena Knaus, ''Kosovo'', p. 10, Bradt Travel Guides, 2010 .


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Cultural monuments of the Kosovo district Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, attitudes, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...
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Islam in Kosovo Islam in Kosovo has a long-standing tradition dating back to the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. Before the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the entire Balkan region had been Christianized by both the Western and Eastern Roman Empire. From 1389 u ...
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Religion in Kosovo Religion in Kosovo is Separation of church and state, separated from the state. Constitution of Kosovo, The country's constitution establishes Kosovo as a secular state, that is, neutral in matters of religious beliefs, and where everyone is Equa ...


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Mosques in Kosovo Religious buildings and structures in Kaçanik Ottoman mosques in Kosovo Religious buildings and structures completed in 1595 1595 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Mosques completed in the 1590s {{Kosovo-struct-stub