Sarajevo Clock Tower

File / Documentation

Name

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Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

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Creator(s)

patron: Gazi Husref-bey (Ottoman, 1491-1541), architect: Adzem Esir Ali (Ottoman, active 16th century)

patron: Gazi Husref-bey (Ottoman, 1491-1541)

Time period

creation date: mosque, 1521-1531, creation date: madrasa, 1537, creation date: tomb of Gazi Husrev Bey, 1541, destruction date: complex heavily damaged during the Siege of Sarajevo, 1992-1994, restoration date: 1996, 2000

creation date: 17th century, destruction date: fire, later restored, 1697, destruction date: fire, later restored, 1762, creation date: addition to top of tower, ca. 19th century

Location

Site: Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)

Cultural context

Ottoman

Description

exterior, roofscape view of Sarajevo with minaret of Gazi Husref Bey Mosque and Clock Tower visible, 1990

Work type

Mosque

Clock tower

Medium

stone

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