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Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque

Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque () also known as the Bajrakli Mosque () is a mosque in the city of Prizren. It is one of the oldest Islamic religious sites in Kosovo. Building started in 1561 and finished in 1573. Its building is part of a complex which included the mosque, a library, a maktab and madrasa, public baths, housing and other buildings in a radius of about 150m. The present-day League of Prizren museum was one of its buildings. The complex stands on the other side of the Lumbardhi i Prizrenit river opposite to the Prizren Fortress. The mosque has a square base and numerous windows, while the main mihrab and the mimber are made of marble. Read more on Wikipedia

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