Hajji Ahmed the Ducat Minter's Mosque

Hajji Ahmed the Ducat Minter's Mosque

mosque (left) and clock tower (right) in Livno
Basic information
Location Livno
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Geographic coordinates 43°50′00″N 17°00′00″E / 43.83333°N 17.00000°E / 43.83333; 17.00000Coordinates: 43°50′00″N 17°00′00″E / 43.83333°N 17.00000°E / 43.83333; 17.00000
Affiliation Islam
Architectural description
Architect(s) Mimar Sinan
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Ottoman architecture
Completed 1574
Specifications
Dome(s) 1
Minaret(s) 1

The Hajji Ahmed the Ducat Minter's Mosque (Bosnian: Džamija Hadži Ahmeta Dukatara) is one of the most easily recognizable architectural symbols of Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Mosque complex

Mosque complex Glavica (in the picture on the left) with the Hajji Ahmed the Ducat Minter's Mosque (more commonly known as the Glavica ("Head") Mosque, called after the knap above town on which is erected) is one of the most recognizable architectural symbols of Livno and national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Constructed upon design by Mimar Sinan in 1574 (some date to 1587), it is situated on a hill overlooking old town of livno, the river Bistrica and the spring Duman in the upper section of the old town of Livno. The mosque complex consists of compact main building of the mosque under a dome and uncharacteristically short minaret, with a clock tower which was erected some 100 years later, between 1670 and 1680. but more likely in 1659. It is still in function today, and finally within perimeter is almost 500 years old necropolis with characteristic early Bosnian Muslim tombstones and later ones.[1][2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Medzlis (27 December 2010). "Džemat Glavica – Milošnik". medzlis-livno.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Sir H. A. R. Gibb; J H Kramers (1954). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden : E. J. Brill. Retrieved 4 March 2013.


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