The wooden ceiling
Flat and coffered.
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Sultan Murad Mosque stands on a low hill in the middle of the Old Bazaar, beside the Clock Tower. It is the only sultan's endowment in Skopje and one of the city's largest mosques, built in 1436 with money given by Sultan Murad II, and it counts among the most significant Ottoman buildings in the Balkans. The mosque has burned and been damaged several times, as the three inscriptions above its entrance record. After a fire in 1537 Sultan Suleiman had it rebuilt in 1539; it burned again with the whole city in 1689 and was restored in the early 18th century by decree of Ahmed III, and its last repairs date from 1912. Inside, a flat, coffered wooden ceiling covers three aisles divided by rows of columns, and a porch of four columns stands in front. Two türbes stand beside it, the larger, that of Bikiy Han, being the largest of its kind surviving in the country, with old gravestones around them. It is an active mosque that welcomes visitors outside prayer times: dress modestly, women cover their hair, and shoes come off at the door.
Flat and coffered.
And old gravestones.
Next door.
Low hill in the middle of the Old Bazaar, beside the Clock Tower, Skopje
Kuršumli AnKuršumli An is the most striking of the Old Bazaar's caravanserais, the inns whe5 minutes walk4.4
Old BazaarThe Old Bazaar, the Čaršija, spreads over the east bank of the Vardar from the S5 minutes walk4.4
Mustafa Pasha MosqueMustafa Pasha Mosque stands on a terrace above the Old Bazaar, just below the fo6 minutes walk4.6
Daut Pasha HamamDaut Pasha Hamam is a 15th-century Ottoman bathhouse at the southern entrance to7 minutes walk4.5
Kale FortressKale, from the Turkish word for fortress, crowns the highest point of Skopje's o9 minutes walk4.2It was built in 1436 with money given by the Ottoman sultan Murad II, and it is the only sultan's endowment in the city.