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Ferhadija
Mosque
(Ferhad
Bey’s
Mosque)
is
located
right
in
the
center
of
town,
on
the
corner
of Ferhadija
St. and
Vladislava
Skarića
St.,
which
is
in
close
proximity
to Europe
Hotel, Tašlihan and Gazi
Husrev
Bey’s
Bezistan.
It
is
presumed
that
the
mosque
was
erected
sometime
between
1561
and
1562
by
the
Sanjak
Bey,
Ferhad
Bey
Vuković-Desisalić.
This
mosque
exemplifies
the
classical
style
of
Ottoman
architecture
which
was
perfected
during
the
Ottoman
Empire’s
“Golden
Age”.
During
the
original
construction,
a
mekteb
(children’s
school)
was
built
alongside
the
mosque,
as
well
as
an
imaret
(public
kitchen),
a
fountain
and
covered
fountain,
all
of
which
went
up
in
flames
in
the
fires
of
1679
and
1897.
For
this
reason,
there
is
now
only
a
small
cemetery
with
some
twenty
tombstones
in
the
mosque’s
courtyard.
The
famous
Sarajevo
chronicler,
Mula
Mustafa
Bašeskija,
worked
for
a
while
as
a
teacher
at
the
mekteb.
Ferhadija
Mosque
was
badly
damaged
during
the
last
war
when
several
grenades
struck
the
main
cupola,
causing
it
to
be
entirely
removed
in
2007.
Reconstruction
on
the
mosque
was
carried
out
in
two
phases,
the
first
involved
repairing
the
damage
caused
by
grenades
and
the
second
saw
the
restoration
of
the
arabesque
paintings
on
the
walls
and
inverted
domes.
As
a
result
of
the
restoration
process,
works
from
the
16th and
17th century
(Austro-Hungarian
period)
are
now
visible,
as
well
as
other
artistic
styles,
making
it
possible
to
read
more
into
the
history
of
the
entire
structure.
The
oldest
features
to
undergo
restoration
were
the
mihrab
(a
niche
in
the
wall
which
indicates
the
direction
of
Mecca)
and
the
lights,
which
date
from
the
16th century.
Ferhad
Bey’s
Mosque
and
the
adjacent
cemetery
are
considered
a
single
complex,
which
was
made
a
National
Monument
of
BiH
in
2004.