Great Mosque of Sofia
Also known as: Great Mosque of Sofia
Ottoman-era building in central Sofia, originally the Koca Mahmud Pasha Mosque, housing the National Archaeological Museum since 1892
Key facts
- Built
- 1494
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Overview
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The Great Mosque of Sofia is an Ottoman-period building in the centre of Bulgaria's capital, standing opposite the presidential seat. Its original name was the Koca Mahmud Pasha Mosque. The complex included a madrasa, a water cistern and a fountain alongside the mosque itself. It is regarded as one of the country's significant architectural monuments from the Ottoman era and stands among the city-centre mosques that include the Banya Bashi and Bosnali Mehmed Pasha mosques. Today the building serves not as a place of worship but as the National Archaeological Museum. The surrounding quarter was popularly known as the Great Mosque neighbourhood.
History
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Construction began in 1451 during the time of Vizier Mahmud Pasha. The work was completed in 1494, twenty years after the pasha's death.
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 the building was converted into a hospital. In the following years it was used as a library. Since 1892 it has served as a museum and houses the National Archaeological Museum.
From Wikipedia
Sofya Büyük Camii (Bulgarca: Бююк джамия Byuyuk djamiya), Bulgaristan'ın başkenti Sofya'da bulunur. Bu camiinin asıl adı Koca Mahmut Paşa Camii'dir. Bu caminin inşası vezir Mahmut Paşa döneminde 1451 yılında başlanmış ancak paşanın ölümünden 20 yıl sonra 1494 yılında bitmiştir.
Camii yapısı içerisinde medrese, su sarnıcı ve çeşme bulunmaktadır. Caminin bulunduğu mahalleye halk arasında Büyük Camii mahallesi denilmekteymiş.
Osmanlı Rus savaşı 1877 – 1878 yıllarında camii hastaneye dönüştürülmüştür. Daha sonraki yıllarda camii kütüphane olarak kullanılmış ve 1892 yılından günümüze kadar da Sofya Arkeoloji Müzesi olarak kullanılmaktadır.
Source: Wikipedia, article “Sofya Büyük Camii”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fe_Moschee_von_Sofia
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofya_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk_Camii