Husein-paša's Mosque

Huseyin-pasha's Mosque
Huseyin-pasha's Mosque
Location
Location	Pljevlja, Montenegro
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman architecture

Husein-paša's Mosque (Serbian: Хусеин-пашина џамија, romanized: Husein-pašina džamija) is a well-known mosque in Pljevlja, Montenegro. It was built between 1573 and 1594.^{[citation needed]} It was named after Husein-paša Boljanić who was born in the village of Boljanići, which is close to Pljevlja.^{[citation needed]} It has one of the highest minarets in the Balkans.^{[citation needed]} It is regarded as one of the most beautiful sacral monuments of Islamic architecture in Montenegro.

Design[edit]

The mosque has a square basis above which there rises a low-pitched dome set on a cubiform pedestal. An open porch covered with three small domes was formed in front of the main façade. A minaret was added close to the southern side.^{[citation needed]} After it being struck by lightning in 1911, it was rebuilt into a slimmer and higher one, which is now the highest minaret in the Balkans.^{[citation needed]}

Interior[edit]

The interior of the mosque and the porch are decorated with rich, in polychrome painted ornaments with floral motifs and quotations from Quran.^{[citation needed]} Mihrab, mimber and mahvil abound in ornaments made in stalactites and in customary Turkish perforations.^{[citation needed]}