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Islamic architectural monuments

- Red Mosque, Pe / Pejë

- Kurshumli Mosque, Pe / Pejë

- Llapit (Lap) Mosque, Priština

- Sultan Mehmet II al-F tih Mosque, Priština

- Great Hamm m, Priština

- Sinan Pasha Mosque, Prizren

- Hamm m Mehmet Pasha (The Great Hamm m), Prizren

- Bayrakli Mosque (Al-F ti Mosque), Pe / Pejë

- Hadum (Khadim) Mosque, Djakovica/ Yakova

- Jas r (Yaš r) Pasha Mosque, Priština

- Mosque, Deçan/De ani

- Hamm m of Ali Bey, Vu itrn/Vushtrri

- Sultan Murat I Mausoleum (Türbe), Kosovo Polje

Red Mosque, Pec / Pejë

Side façade (2003)

1 Allah

2 founded this noble Mosque

3 Sin n Agha in the year 1173

4 Qahram n pasha ordered its reconstruction in

5 the year 1307

The name is attributed to its construction with red

bricks. According to the inscription above the

entrance, it was built by Sin n Agh in 1173H./1759-

1760 A.D. and later renovated by Qahram n Pasha in

1307 H./1889-1890 A.D.

Description

The ruined mosque covers an area of 180 m2 and the

roofless portico covers an area of about 90 m2.

Total area - 270 m2.

The praying hall has a T-form plan and was covered with a

wooden ceiling. The walls are still intact; remains of the

internal floral painting on the white plaster can be seen.

The old painted plaster is covered with a new gray wash.

The mihr b is a shallow niche with stalactites hood. Above

the mihr b in its axis is a small circular window. On both

sides of the mihr b there are two circular arched windows

which lost their wooden shutters. To the right of the

mihr b stands the marble minbar, which lost its wooden

handrail. In the other walls there is the same window

arrangement in two rows. The portico consists of five

circular arches on the front façade and two circular arches

on the side facades. It has also lost its roof. The outside façade of the mosque is covered with

gray cement plaster.

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The minaret stands to the right of the entrance portico. It has a short square stool with the entrance

from inside the mosque. Its first shaft is high and ends with a circular balcony. The second shaft is

short and ends with the typical conical structure covered with lead.

Present condition

The paintings have suffered not only from fire, but also from dampness after the mosque had lost its

roof. The wooden mezzanine as well as the wooden flooring and window shutters have been burnt.

Measures recommended

Preventive measures should be undertaken urgently to preserve the painting and the plaster from

detachment as well as the fallen bricks. A static assessment for the minaret is required. Before

beginning any restoration works a complete architectural documentation as well as a structural

assessment for the actual situation should be established.

Estimated costs

€ 192.000 for architectural documentation, structure assessment and restoration work.

Red Mosque - Qibla wall and Minbar-Complete destruction (2003)

Red Mosque – Internal wall pierced with arched windows (2003)

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Red Mosque - Qibla wall and Minbar- Complete destruction (2003)

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Kurshumli Mosque, Pe /Pejë

The mosque was built in the 16th

century. Its name

(kurshun=lead) is attributed to the lead covering of

the roof. The mosque was exposed several times to

destruction and fire and has been restored frequently.

In the second half of the 20th

century it was used as

an ammunition depot; it was subsequently destroyed

by an explosion of ammunition. Since 1965 is has

been used again as a mosque by the surrounding

communities. In May 1999 it was burnt. Kurshumli Mosque

Bashkësia Islame e Kosovës -Pristinë 2000

Mihr b (2003) Kurshumli Mosque Bashkësia Islame e Kosovës -Pristinë 2000

Description

The mosque consists of a portico and a praying hall. The latter is a

square plan of 12 x 12m and had a wooden dome covered with

lead. The mihr b is a shallow recess with stalactites hood; above

the mihrab and in its axis is a circular small window.

In each wall of the praying hall there are four windows in two

rows; the lower windows have a flat arch (1.2x2m), while the

upper are circular arched windows. The walls are constructed

from rubble stones and are covered, from inside, with white

plaster.

The mosque lost its wooden flooring as well as the wooden

mezzanine, which was about 2,9m high from the actual earth

level. The portico was covered by a wooden pitched roof.

PlanAyverdi - Ottoman Architectural

Works in Europe, 1981

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The original stone minaret had collapsed and was rebuilt in 1986 with R.C.; the historic value has

been lost.

Qibla wall (2003) Minaret (2003)

Present condition

The building is suffering not only from decay caused by fire but also from deterioration caused by

environmental factors (rain and wind). Because of lack of maintenance as well as the non-existing roof,

the walls suffer from dampness leading to detachment of plaster as well as the wash of mortar in wall

joints. The stone surfaces and mortar joints repair have been carried out in cement. The foundations

situation should be checked.

Measures recommended

Urgent preventive measures should be carried out to stop further deterioration.

Estimated costs

€ 157.000 for architectural documentation, structure assessment, diagnostic study and restoration

work.

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Llapit (Lap) Mosque, Priština

Description

The mosque is located in a district outside the city

centre. It was destroyed by fire in 1999. It consists of the

porch and the praying hall. The porch cannot be defined

as there is encroachment on the porch’s area by new

constructions. The praying hall has a square plan about

6x 6m and has a stone mihr b as well as a stone minbar

with a stalactite hood. The mosque has lost its wooden

window shutters, internal wooden plinth and wooden

minbar paneling. Traces of the internal white plaster can

be seen. The mosque has a dome with pendentives and

resting directly on the soil without the traditional lower

cubic structure. The dome is covered with metal sheets

(not lead as usual).

Historic inscription:

1 - Founded this Mosque Yunus ( ) the charitable.

2 - And he said with inspiration the date:

Bilih m Ahsan al-hair (the best charity).

Inscription of the year1070 H (1659 A.D.), 2003

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The minaret is built of small well dressed ashlar stone for a height of 7-8 m and has one balcony.

The upper part of the minaret is built with bricks covered with plaster. The conical ending of the

minaret is covered with metal sheets (not lead sheets as usual).

Present condition

The stones have suffered not only from manmade environment and of natural environment but also of

high heat temperature caused by fire. Cement mortar has been used for some time in the joints and in

plaster, which causes more damage. High dampness in walls is due to rain water infiltration as well as to

the rise of surface water by capillary action.

Recommended measures

Stones should be cleaned, desalinated and covered with new traditional plaster. New carpentry

fitting; covering the dome and the upper part of the minaret with lead sheets. New electrical

traditional fitting. The rehabilitation should be combined with an urban regeneration and removing

the encroachment on the site.

Estimated costs

€ 137.000 for architectural documentation, structure assessment, diagnostic study and restoration works.

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Sultan Mehmet II al-F tih Mosque, Priština

This magnificent mosque was built by Sultan Mehmet II al-Fatih (“The Conqueror”) in 865

H./1460-1461A.D., eight years after the fall of Constantinople and nine years before his mosque in

Istanbul.

It is located in the centre of the historic city beside the clock tower and represents its landmark.

Entrance Porch Raif Virmica, Pristine Camileri

Interior before 1967 Redzic, Islamische Kunst

Description

The mosque consists of two parts :

1-The porch (5.9x17.7m) consists of

three compartments covered by small

domes with pendentives in the

corners; the middle compartment is

smaller than the right and left

compartment. The domes rest on

circular arches carried by stone pillars

on the street side and on the mosque

wall from the other side. The domes

are covered with lead sheets. Porch rear wall Portico pier Stone deterioration, scaling (2003)

2- The praying hall has a square plan of 13.98 x 14.04m

from inside and 17.7 x 17.6m from outside with a

wall thickness of about 1.35m.

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Praying hall Raif Virmica: Pristine Camileri

Mosque Plan Raif Virmica: Pristine Camileri

Two windows are arranged in each façade of the

lower cubic structure. Each window has a flat arch

and is sitting in shallow recess crowned by pointed

arch.

From outside only the window on the right and the

left of the entrance are plastered, painted and

decorated with floral pattern.

West façade Raif Virmica: Pristine Camileri

On the right above the window lintel a

Qur’ n verse is painted (sure 13, verse 32) ;

on the left side sure 13, verse 24 and sure 39,

verse 73.

On the right side of the entrance door, in the

wall thickness, there is a one-flight stair

leading to the wooden mezzanine.

Inscription above the entrance (2003)

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In the Qibla wall and in its axis is the mihr b, as deep

recessed niche with stalactites hood. To the left of the mihr b,

in the building corner, stands the stool for spiritual sermons.

On the left of the mihr b stands the minbar for the Friday

speech.

All lower rectangular windows have a decorated painted

frame; the area between the window lintel and the decorated

borders following the arched shape of the window, is

decorated with a radiating fluted composition.

In the upper part of the lower cubic structure, on each side,

there are five pointed arched windows in two rows; each is

surrounded with a decorated painted frame; originally the

windows were fitted with gypsum lattice with stained

coloured glass.

Mihr b (2003)

The lower cubic structure is covered by a large dome with

lead sheeting, in the transition zone between the cubic lower

structure and the dome twelve pointed arched windows are

organized.

From outside the transition zone is strengthened with

pilasters. From inside the spherical pendentives in the

transition zone are painted with interlaced lines. The dome

apex is decorated with painted floral pattern.

Upper windows (2003)

The minaret is detached to the right side of the mosque in the

northwest corner. Its entrance is located in minaret stool. It

consists of a high stool ended with stalactite row, a conical

transition zone, a high cylindrical storey ended with a

balcony, a short cylindrical storey crowned by the typical

ottoman cone covered by lead sheets. The stool is 2,70 x

2,35m and is hexagon in plain from outside, circular from

inside and has spiral staircase.

Minaret stool, stone scaling (2003)

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Minaret stool, stone deterioration (2003) Minaret stool, Stone scaling (2003)

Recent restoration works

The mosque was restored in the reign of Sultan Mehemet IV in 1682-3 A.D. It was subsequently

restored during the 18th and 19

th centuries. The painted decorations inside the mosque go back to the

18th century. The upper part of the minaret fell down during an earthquake and was rebuilt in 1955.

Present condition

The stone of the pillars of the portico suffer from disintegration. Also many stones in the different

facades are deteriorated.

The walls are built from well dressed ashlar stone leaves with

internal filling. The stone surface is covered with soot, dust and

therefore in some places is discoloured.

Façade – stone scaling (2003) Chipping and pitting (2003)

The lead covering of the domes of the portico and the main dome are cracked and this caused rain

water infiltration through the roof. Bad infrastructure in the area as well heavy rains have caused

dampness in the wall by capillary action. In some places the stones are repaired with cement.

Wooden fittings and wooden windows and the door also need repair. Metal lattice in the lower

windows need repair and cleaning.

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Recommended measures

The upper windows from inside need gypsum lattice with stained coloured glass and outside wire

mesh. The flooring tiles in the portico area need to be repaired and completed.

Estimated costs

€ 392.000 for architectural documentation, structural assessment and restoration works.

Sultan Mehmet al-F tih Mosque,Minbar Raif Virmica : Pristine Camileri.

Sultan Mehmet al-F tih Mosque,Mihr bRaif Virmica : Pristine Camileri

Sultan Mehmet al-F tih Mosque,Minbar detail

Ayverdi - Ottoman Architectural Works in Europe, 1981

Sultan Mehmet al-F tih Mosque, Mezzanine detail

Ayverdi - Ottoman Architectural Works in Europe, 1981

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Sultan Mehmet al-F tih Mosque, Stool for Sermons (2003)

Sultan Mehmet al-F tih Mosque, Upper window – Gypsum lattice (2003)

Sultan Mehmet al-F tih Mosque, Qur’ n text (sure 13, verse 24- sure 39, verse 73) left of the

entrance (2003)

Sultan Mehmet al-F tih Mosque, Qur’ ntext

(sure 16,verse 32 ) right of the entrance (2003)