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mosque in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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mosque in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Originally built as a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, it was subsequently transformed into a mosque following the 1592 conquest of Bihać by the Ottoman Empire. The building was originally accompanied by a Dominican monastery, which was also mentioned in a 13th-century charter of the Croatian nobility.
The Gothic bell tower of the building served as a minaret until 1863, when it was so dilapidated that it was pulled down and a new minaret was erected. During World War II the mosque was damaged – the roof and all the wooden elements in the interior were burnt, and there was damage to the minaret. After World War II conservation works on building commenced.
During the Austro-Hungarian rule, a new Church of Saint Anthony of Padua was built.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Fethija Mosque (Bihać)”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.