A single dome
Classical Ottoman design.
Fred Romero from Paris, France — CC BY 2.0 · Fred Romero from Paris, France — CC BY 2.0 · Ladislav Boháč — CC0 · Fred Romero from Paris, France — CC BY 2.0 · Smooth O — CC BY-SA 4.0
An elegant Ottoman mosque in central Sarajevo, built in 1561 by Ali Pasha, governor of Bosnia, in classical Ottoman style with a single great dome and a tall slender minaret, one of the finest single-domed mosques in the Balkans; some scholars see the influence of Mimar Sinan's school in it. In front stands an arcaded porch with small domes, and its grassy courtyard holds a small cemetery with Ottoman stone headstones and an octagonal tomb where its founder Ali Pasha rests. Inside is a bright, spacious prayer hall with a marble mihrab and minbar. The mosque was damaged in the 1990s war and then restored. Entry is free. Modest dress is expected, women cover their hair, shoes come off in the prayer hall, and visits are outside prayer times. It is busy with worshippers and fairly calm compared with the mosques of Baščaršija. It is on the main street by Veliki Park, ten minutes' walk from Baščaršija, a stop on the way between the old town and the National Museum.
Classical Ottoman design.
In the grassy court.
Among the city's oldest.
Maršala Tita Street, central Sarajevo near Veliki Park
National Museum of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia's oldest and most important museum, founded in 1888 and housed since 191311 minutes walk
Latin BridgeAn Ottoman stone bridge over the Miljacka river and, judging by its foundations,16 minutes walk4.7
Gazi Husrev-beg MosqueThe largest historic mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the finest Otto17 minutes walk4.7
Morića HanAn Ottoman caravanserai built in 1551 and the only one of Sarajevo's old hans st18 minutes walk4.4
Svrzo's HouseAn Ottoman family house in the old quarter north of Baščaršija, built in its pre18 minutes walk4.7Yes, outside prayer times, in modest dress, with women covering their hair and shoes removed.