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Interior - Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Mala Tepa 16, Mostar 80807
Bosnia and Herzegovina

November 2018 photos

Prayer Hall


Pointed and ogee arches   ...   Stained glass windows  ...  
Carpet hanging on wall is gift from Austrian monarch Franz Joseph



Medallion on top of dome



Dome painted with botanical motifs and punctuated by colored-glass windows   ...   Note top medallion
   and lower left mocárabe (detailed below:)



Mocárabe






Some of the prayer rugs in the prayer hall



Carpet: gift from Austrian monarch Franz Joseph



Carpet: gift from Austrian monarch Franz Joseph (1830-1916)


Gift carpet detail



Detail below:





Stained glass window   ...   Ogee arch above window


Stained glass window



Another window  with
ogee arch   ...    Detail below:



Paneled shutter   ...  Leaded glass



Mihrab (MEE rub):   A niche in the wall of a mosque or a room in the mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca   ...   A design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca   ...   Detail below:



Mihrab detail



Minbar    .
..   Three details below:



Minbar
detail #1



Minbar
detail #2



Minbar
detail #3



Some of the prayer rugs in the prayer hall



Ogee arch over window at left   ...    Mocárabe above parapet (detailed below:)   ...   Entrance at right with rounded arch



Parapet






Photos and their arrangement © 2018 Chuck LaChiusa
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