Emperor's Sarajevo - Mosque
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo - The Emperor's Mosque (Careva dzamija), built in 1457 by the founder of Sarajevo Isa Bey Ishakovic, and in honor of Sultan Mehmed II El-Fatih. The initial wooden construction burned down only to be rebuilt in 1566 by the order of Sultan Suleiman the Great, and at the request of inhabitants of Sarajevo
Picture No
10296943
Media ID
46542686
Size
4704px x 2999px
(1.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1937
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1457 1566 Bosnia Dzamija Emperors Fatih Herzegovina Magnificent Mehmed Minaret Rebuilt Sarajevo Suleiman
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