Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque
Mosque in Prizren, Kosovo
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Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Gazi Mehmet Pashës) also known as the Bajrakli Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Bajraklisë) 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.[1] 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.
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Location | |
| Municipality | Prizren |
| Country | Kosovo |
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| Coordinates | 42.2063°N 20.7309°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Ottoman |
| Completed | 1573 |
| Materials | stone |
It was built by the waqf of Dukaginzade Gazi Mehmet Pasha, great-grandson of Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha.[1] His future mausoleum was built in the courtyard of the mosque, but it was never used as he died ca. 1594–96 in Hungary.
