Sultan Selim Mosque (Knežina)
Also known as: Sultan Selim Mosque (Knežina)
Mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Key facts
- Built
- 1512
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Overview
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The Sultan Selim Mosque stands in the settlement of Knežina, within Sokolac municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also known as the Selimiye Mosque and as the Emperor's Mosque (Careva džamija). Our records date it to 1512, and it is described as a 16th-century building in the Ottoman architectural tradition. The mosque in use today is a reconstruction made from the original material. The building site and its surviving material hold the status of a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
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Our records give 1512 as the year the mosque was built.
In the summer of 1992, at the start of the Bosnian War, the mosque was destroyed with explosives by local Serbian authorities and militia. On 4 May 2004 the site and the remaining material were declared a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by KONS.
The mosque was then rebuilt using the same material and was officially opened on 4 September 2011.
From Wikipedia
Sultan Selim II Mosque in Knežina or Selimiye Mosque, sometimes referred to as Emperor's Mosque (Sultan Selima džamija; Selimija džamija; Careva džamija) is the 16th century mosque located in the settlement of Knežina, Sokolac municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At the beginning of the Bosnian War, in the summer of 1992, the mosque was demolished with explosives by local Serbian authorities and militia. It was completely rebuilt from the same material and officially opened on September 4, 2011.
The mosque site and material remain were declared National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by KONS on May 4, 2004.
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Sources
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Selim_Mosque_(Kne%C5%BEina)