Prijedor Photo Collection
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, Prijedor
Town
Prijedor
Municipality
Prijedor
Region
Bosanka 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
Stari Grad’s Old Town mosque was the oldest in Prijedor. The 18th-century structure was designed with a traditional wooden minaret and was surrounded by an Ottoman-era graveyard.
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.
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