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Description
Property Name: Altun Alem Mosque
Inventory No: 381-1-4
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2008-04-08
Country (State party): Serbia
Province: Novi Pazar – Sandzak
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 43° 8′ 12.14″ N
20° 31′ 7.27″ E
Historic Period: Classic Ottoman (1453-1579)
Year of Construction: 16th century
Style: Classical Ottoman
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The Altun-Alem Mosque is one of the most famous of the Ottoman sacred edifices and is situated in an enclosed area that also includes a religious school. It was built by a famous master builder Abdul Gani in the first half of the 16th century. It has a dome and a spacious porch covered with cupolas, which was not a characteristic of these parts. The interior consists of a nicely shaped niche (mihrab) and a wooden gallery (mahvil).
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
This renovated mosque (named after a miracle-working gemstone) was built in the mid-16th century and is one of the oldest Islamic buildings surviving in Serbia.
References
Ejup Mušović, Slavica Vujović., Džamije u Novom Pazaru (Mosques of New Pazar)., Republički zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Beograd, Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture, Kraljevo, DD. Slovo Kraljevo, 1992