Fethija Mosque (Bihać)

Fethija Mosque
Fethija džamija
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque (since 1592– ) Church (1266–1592)
Status	Active (as a mosque)
Location
Location	Bihać, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of the mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Geographic coordinates	44°48′48″N 15°52′12″E / 44.8134°N 15.8699°E / 44.8134; 15.8699
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Gothic
Specifications
Length	22 m (72 ft)
Width	11.5 m (38 ft)
Minaret	1
Materials	Bihacite; stone
[1]

The Fethija Mosque (Serbo-Croatian: Fethija džamija) is a mosque and former Catholic church, located in the town of Bihać, in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina political division of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Built in 1266 as a church, it is the oldest Gothic building in the country.^[2]

History

It was originally built as a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, and was subsequently transformed into a mosque following the 1592 conquest of Bihać from Habsburg Croatia by the Ottoman Empire. The building was originally accompanied by a Dominican monastery, which was also mentioned in a 13th-century charter of the Croatian nobility.^[3]

The Gothic bell tower of the building served as a minaret until 1863, when it was so dilapidated that it was pulled down and a new minaret was erected. During World War II the mosque was damaged – the roof and all the wooden elements in the interior were burnt, and there was damage to the minaret. After World War II conservation works on building commenced.^[1]

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina portal
• Islam portal
• Catholic Church portal

• Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

1. Handan, Mirela Mulaluć (March 2004). "The Fethija mosque" (PDF). Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina. pp. 60–68 – via European Commission - Council of Europe Joint Programme: Integrated Rehabilitation Project Plan / Survey of the Architectural and Archaeological Heritage (IRPP/SAAH) – Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2. Fethija džamija sa haremom, devet grobnih ploča i natpisima, graditeljska cjelina - Članak. Komisija za očuvanje nacionalnih spomenika (in Bosnian). November 10, 2013. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020.
3. "Fethija Mosque". Sightseeing | Bihać.

External links

• Media related to Fethija mosque at Wikimedia Commons
• "Mosque". discoverbihac.ba (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on April 22, 2019.