Sarajevo · Baščaršija · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque

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easy

10/10

best: morning, afternoon

spiritual, historic, contemplative

A local would say...

The mosque that made Sarajevo feel like a city — built in 1531, still called to prayer five times a day.

The 16th-century centrepiece of Ottoman governor Gazi-Husrevbey's ambitious building programme, this mosque with its cylindrical minaret and elegant stone clock tower forms the spiritual and architectural heart of Sarajevo's old bazaar. The associated madrassa across Saraći street adds scholarly gravitas to the ensemble. The contrast between worn Ottoman stonework and the shiny new library next door speaks volumes about Sarajevo's complicated identity.