Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and Clock Tower, Sarajevo
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, built 1530-32, and behind, the Clock Tower which keeps lunar time according to the sun and moon, helping the locals to time their call to prayer, built in the 17th century, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The mosque complex includes a maktab and madrasa (Islamic primary and secondary schools), a bezistan (vaulted marketplace)and a hammam. The mosque was renovated after damage during the 1992 Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13433740
Media ID
45109212
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3853px x 3744px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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