Bajrakli Mosque, Belgrade

Bajrakli Mosque
Бајракли џамија
Bajrakli džamija
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusMosque
Location
LocationBelgrade, Serbia
Geographic coordinates44°49′20″N 20°27′27″E / 44.8222°N 20.4575°E / 44.8222; 20.4575
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleOttoman
Completed1575; 449 years ago (1575)
Minaret(s)1

The Bajrakli Mosque (Serbian: Бајракли џамија, romanizedBajrakli džamija; named in Turkish as Bayraklı, bayrak is Turkish for "flag" and Bayraklı means "with flag") is a mosque in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Gospodar Jevremova Street in the neighbourhood of Dorćol. It was built around 1575, and is the only mosque in the city out of the 273 that had existed during the time of the Ottoman Empire's rule of Serbia.

During the occupation of Serbia by the Austrians (between 1717 and 1739), it was converted into a Roman Catholic church; but after the Ottomans retook Belgrade, it was returned to its original function.

It was damaged after being set on fire on the eighteenth of March 2004, during that year's unrest in Kosovo, in violent protest to the burning of Serbian churches in Kosovo,[1] but it was later repaired.[2]

  1. ^ "Balkan Heritage" (PDF). collegeart.org. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Institute for War and Peace Reporting". www.iwpr.net. Archived from the original on 20 March 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.