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The mosque in the square across from the Monastiraki Metro station is called the Tzistarakis Mosque, named for the Viovode (governor) of Athens who had it built in the mid eighteenth century. The building of this mosque released an ancient curse. Using parts from the ancient buildings of Athens, Tzistarakis went too far when he dynamited one of the last remaining columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus to complete his mosque. The Athenians believed that each column stood upon a curse, holding it within the earth. The destruction of the column coincided with an outbreak of the plague and the people of Athens blamed him. However ancient monuments according to the law were property of the Sultan and could not be used without his permission. Tzistarakis was removed from power and they say the temple of Olympian Zeus lamented the loss of it's column so loudly at night that nobody could get any sleep. This finally ended when Tzistarakis was finally poisoned. The mosque is now a Ceramic museum.
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Ibrahim Pasha Cami , City of Rhodos , Island of Rhodos

Built in 1531, this is the oldest Turkish religious building of the island.
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Central Customs Office (1910) in Thessaloniki:

Villa of Ahmet Kapici (1898):

Ottoman Imperial College (1891) in Thessaloniki, now the Aristotelian University:

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The Kozja Cuprija Bridge, Sarajevo
The Kozja Cuprija Bridge in Sarajevo was built by the Ottomans in the 16th century
and survived the war in the early 1990s
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That's not the Goat's Bridge, Merced. And it's not really in Sarajevo anyways, just near.

This is the Sokolovic bridge in Visegrad.
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Minahor Mosque in Korca, Albania. My native city.



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Mosque of Murad, Vlora



Old ruined Mosque of Elbasan which I do not know the name of



Painted Mosque of Tetovo, 1495
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You're from Korca, Theodore? So you're an Orthodox Christian then?
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BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA

The Stari Most, or Old Bridge, of Mostar was completed in 1567. It is the highest, longest, and oldest stone bridge in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Monument.


The village of Pocitelj, also a UNESCO site, was an important Ottoman-era fortress protecting the lower Neretva and Mostar to the north. Today it functions mainly as both a village and an artists' colony.


The town of Travnik, one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe and the second-best preserved in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was the Ottoman-era capital of Bosnia. It is praised extensively in the work of Russian writer Aleksandar Giljferding and Turkish writer Evlija Celebi.



"On a place where the road curves, a wonderful scene unexpectedly surprised us. As if grown from the ground, suddenly we were blinded by the shiny silhouettes of walls and minarets sweeping across the rocky hills. The scene was instantly burned into our memories. It was so beautiful that it left us with the impression the rock was a sort of decorated stage that had been built up for this grandest of displays. We stopped the horses for a moment to enjoy, but soon we worked them as fast we could to reach this beautiful town - a town we learned was Travnik."
- Aleksandar Giljferding

Two of the most famous Ottoman-era landmarks in Travnik are the Painted Mosque:


And the Clock Tower:


Every city, town and village in Bosnia and Herzegovina has Ottoman-era landmarks and only a handful (Jajce, Trebinje, etc.) have enough pre-Ottoman architecture to not be considered fully Ottoman towns.

By far, though, the most famous famous Ottoman landmark in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Bascarsija in Sarajevo. Bascarsija means 'Old Marketplace" and it's the old heart of the city.

The main landmark in this area is the Sebilj Fountain. Most of the ancient writers who made the journey to Sarajevo wrote about Sarajevo's water - recording how sweet it tasted and how, from every corner of the city, it burst out in springs framed with elaborate fountains. It's even part of local legends and so on. So the Sebilj Fountain is important historically. It's also located at the geographic heart of Bascarsija, in Trg Golub - Pigeon Square.


The Gazi Husref-beg's Mosque is also a central landmark. It was built in the 1530s and, until very recently, was the largest mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina.



There are dozens of mosques and other landmarks in Bascarsija but the main attraction after these two landmarks is simply the area itself.

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Dear merced 12,
Those are some really wonderful pictures and has to be appreciated.
Nice job done.


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mila thanks
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Thank you for the pictures.Bosnians are always our friends.I love them
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Is there a mix of different styles of architecture? and what are they?

by the way, the photos are amazing.
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You're from Korca, Theodore? So you're an Orthodox Christian then?


No. Atheist. My ancestors are from Korca, they were of Bektashi heritage. Im pissed the Minahor Mosque didnt show. Its the biggest one in Albania, its quite ruined today and still laacks the minaret which was toppled during the communist regime.

Anyway, lets stay on topic....

Called: Xhamia(Alb for Mosque) e Plumbit:


under its better days:


(You can catch it to the left)

Old Bazaar of Shkodra, destroyed under communist regime along with most other Ottoman structures:





Ottoman Bridge of Mesi(Ura, Alb for bridge, e Mesit)



Tirana Bazar



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A few pictures from Travnik, the Ottoman-era capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

A view of Mount Vlasic, which overlooks Travnik.


Coming down from Mount Vlasic, you enter the Lasva River Valley.


Once you're in the Lasva River Valley, you pass through many small Ottoman-era villages before reaching the city itself.


Then it's the city itself...




EDIT: Actually, there's a little bit I want to share about two pics.



This is the consulate. During the Ottoman Empire this is where visiting diplomats from Europe lived. The Vizier's favorites got this building.



This picture of the Painted Mosque shows what I was talking about in a thread in the Questions and Answers section. This is the type of kiosks that are often in/near Bosnian mosques.

However, it's not in the prayer area. This is the only mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina with its prayer area on the top floor.

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Delivasis House (1878) in Eratyra

The Imaret (Poor House) of Mehmet Ali Pasha in Kavala (1810):

The early 18th century Spanos Bridge over River Venetikos, designed by Mustafa Aga:

Alaca Imaret Mosque (1487) in Thessaloniki:

 





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Originally posted by Qin Dynasty

Is there a mix of different styles of architecture? and what are they?

by the way, the photos are amazing.

Ottoman architecture is perfected style of Roman (Greek) and Persian architecture with mostly Turkic and some Arabic elements in it. So its a perfect mix of those. In the eastern parts such as central asia there is more Persian and Turkic elements on Islamic buildings.

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Some Ottoman-architecture from Greece:

This is considered as the oldest large mosque in Eurοpe :

The elebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque is located in the central square
of Didymoteichon ( Didimoticho - meaning the city of the twin walls - today a small town of approximately 12000 people, bears a long and extremely noteworthly history. The city is lying next to the Erythropotamos river, on the western bank of the famous Evros river,just few kms from the greek-turkish borders.)

Its construction began in 1420 with the order of Ottoman Sultan
Mehmed II (1413-1421) to Architect Ivaz Pasa.

The mosque is named Bayezid Camii in the Greek archives, a name also found in the travel descriptions of Evliya elebi in the seventeenth century.
The mosque is oriented twenty-seven degrees to the east of south. It
consists of a square prayer hall and a single minaret. A hipped roof,
supported by the walls and four square-piers, covers the prayer hall.
The dimensions of the prayer hall are about thirty by thirty-two
meters, including the walls. The thickness of the walls varies
between 2.2 and 2.7m.

Accessed by a set of stairs, the main entrance is placed at the center
of the northern faade. Its niche is roofed by a semi-dome with
fourteen ribs. Red and white stones form the arch that crowns the
original wooden door. There is an inscriptive plaque composed in
thuluth and kufi style Arabic, announcing the year of construction. A
second plaque is placed above the southern entrance and gives the
date of completion, 1421.

The main body of the mosque is constructed of cut stone. The
wooden roof was initially covered with lead. Inside, painted Quranic
inscriptions decorate the walls and the piers of the prayer hall.
elebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque is considered to be incomplete by
some scholars, who, based on the substructure and plan typology,have proposed that the original plan must have had a central dome
and a portico. This might be correct, considering that the Green
Mosque in Bursa -another mosque built by Ivaz Pasa under Mehmet
II- was also left incomplete with the Bultan's death in 1421.
Under the second Turkish possession of Didymoteichon in early
twentieth century, a second smaller balcony was added to the main
body of the minaret. In 1981, the periphery of the mosque was
cleared from adjacent buildings and structures and a precinct wall
was built. An open-air coffeehouse operates in the place of the
absent portico.

The entrance to the great mosque :


 

 



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Djumaia mosque in Plovdiv.Build during the rule of Murad II
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wonderful photos ... thx all ...
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From Ioannina with love!

Aslan Pasha Mosque (1618). Today a Municipal Museum.

 

Aslan Pasha's Mausoleum:

 

More pictures here: http://www.galenfrysinger.com/aslan_pasha_mosque_ioannina_gr eece.htm
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Fethiye Mosque; built 1618, restored 1795 by Ali Pasha:

(^^next to the Byzantine Museum)

 

And a picture where both mosques are visible (Aslan Pasha's on the right):

 



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