Old Town Mosque

Author (Creator)

András Riedlmayer

Alternate Name(s)

Sultan-Ahmedova džamija / Mosque of Sultan Ahmed Stara gradska džamija / Starogradska džamija Džamija u Starum gradu

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Location

Stari grad

Town

Prijedor

Municipality

Prijedor

Region

Bosanska Krajina/Western Bosnia

Building Type

mosque

Building Use

religious

Historical Period

Ottoman

Additional Construction Details

18th c. (rest. 1747)

Building Setting

completely destroyed

Building Condition

completely destroyed

Description

According to information in the records of the Medžlis of the Islamic Community of Prijedor, the Stari Grad mosque was destroyed in June 1992. The building was burned, the ruins razed, and the building materials removed from the site.

Damage Description

The Stari Grad mosque is completely destroyed, the ruins razed, all building materials removed from site. The mosque site has been leveled with heavy equipment and is overgrown with grass. All but one of the old Ottomanera Muslim gravestones that stood next to the old mosque have also been uprooted.

Source (Damage Description)

Source of information: András Riedlmayer, site visit (07/2002), and information andphotos from the Medžlis of the Islamic Community of Prijedor and other sources.

Informant Statement

The Stari Grad mosque was the oldest mosque in Prijedor,built more than 250 years ago. It had a traditional wooden minaret and wassurrounded by an old mosque graveyard. According to information in the records ofthe Medžlis of the Islamic Community of Prijedor, the Stari Grad mosque wasdestroyed in June 1992. First it was burned down, then the walls were knocked downand bulldozed, along with the mosque’s cemetery.

Source (Informant Statement)

Source of information: András Riedlmayer, site visit (07/2002), and information andphotos from the Medžlis of the Islamic Community of Prijedor and other sources.

Creation Date

7-2002

Format

Image/JPEG

Publisher

Center for Bosnian Studies

City

St. Louis, MO

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