General Information
| Completion: | 1576 |
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| Status: | in use |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Banya Bashi Mosque (Bulgarian: Баня баши джамия,Banya bashi dzhamiya; Turkish:Banya Başı Camii) is a mosque in Sofia, Bulgaria.
History
Its construction was completed in 1566, during the years the Ottomans had control of the city. The mosque derives its name from the phraseBanya Bashi, which meansmany baths. The most outstanding feature of the mosque is that it was actually built over natural thermal spas; one can even see the steam rising from vents in the ground near the mosque walls. The mosque is famous for its large dome, diameter 15m, and the minaret.
Currently, the Banya Bashi Mosque is the only functioning mosque in Sofia, a remnant of the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria that lasted nearly five centuries, and is used by the city's Muslim community.
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Participants
- Mimar Sinan (architect)
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20028876 - Published on:
03/07/2007 - Last updated on:
06/10/2015
