Sultan Murad Mosque

The Sultan Murad Mosque (Albanian Xhamia e Sulltan Muratit, macedonian Султан - муратова џамија ) is one of Sultan Murad II mosque donated in the Macedonian capital Skopje. It is located on a hill in the old town and one of the first mosques in the city at the Vardar.

Construction and equipment

The Sultan Murad Mosque was built in 1436 and is one of the oldest preserved to this day in all Macedonia. In their time, were next to the Islamic house of worship also a madrasa and a imaret, who were among the most famous in Skopje. Today, there are around this building ensemble only individual ruins of the Madrasa and the former cemetery, where there are also two Türben: the Turbe of Sultan Beyhan and the family mausoleum of Ali Pasha Dagestan. In the northern part of the mosque plot also is the Clock Tower of Skopje, which is a fundamental part of the mosque complex.

The main building consists of a 36 times 27 -foot floor plan and is equipped with a north portico, which is supported by five pillars connected by arches. At the northwest corner is the minaret, which is a total of 114 steps inside has (number of suras in the Quran ). The entire area covered by a hipped roof construction is composed almost entirely of stone, with the exception of some wood elements that are found in the interior. Connected the south and southeast also are the two Türben. Before the portico there's also a small garden area.

History

Built in 1436 architects called the blueprint of Husein from Debar, the mosque was set twice in a fire. 1537 and 1689, the last time by Enea Silvio Piccolomini, the general of the Imperial Austro-Hungarian army, during the Great Turkish War the city set on fire. With the help of Sultan Ahmed III. one built in 1711, the mosque again.