-MACEDONIA- MEZQUITA PINTADA DE TETOBO
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 0.11 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,573 ft
- TrailRank
- 44
- Min elevation
- 1,549 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 6 minutes
- Time
- 16 minutes
- Coordinates
- 32
- Uploaded
- May 12, 2018
- Recorded
- April 2018
near Tetovo, Општина Тетово (Македонија)
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Tetovo is a city in the northwest of the Republic of Macedonia, built on the foothills of the Šar mountain and divided by the Pena river. Tetovo literally means "place of Teto" and the myth about the city is that it was named after the legendary hero Teto, who, supposedly, cleaned the city of snakes.
In Tetovo we have one of the most beautiful mosques in the Balkans.
The mosque is called Aladzha (by the Turks), also called Šarena Džamija (by the Albanians), and is known as THE PAINTED MOSQUE
It was built in 1459, is a sample of the domain of the area that had the Turkish Empire, who was the one who exported the Koran through the Balkans.
It is a peculiar mosque for several things:
- Its construction was not financed by sultans or great men but by two sisters of the city
- It has no external dome like other mosques
- It has magnificent paintings both outside and inside the temple.
The exterior resembles a house of cards, as if the facade were made of several different decks, each one of colors (green, blue, ocher, red, etc) and different geometric styles, a style that could be classified as Turkish Ottoman baroque.
In the backyard of the mosque there is an octagonal form of peat from Hurshida and Mensure, the two women who provided the money for the construction of the mosque
But this mosque was not always painted, since from its construction in 1459 until the mid-nineteenth century there was no decoration. It was from 1833 that the restoration of the building was undertaken, and its decoration by means of natural pigments that were mixed with egg yolk to be well adhered. It was a work financed by Abdurrahman Pasha, who was a true enthusiast of art and who did not hesitate to hire Christian artisans, more accustomed to the art of fresco decoration to undertake the decoration of the mosque
Both the exterior and interior decoration is based, above all, on geometric motifs, as it is known that Islam does not usually allow figurative drawing in its temples. Greens, ochres and blues dominate the facade, but when we enter the interior of the mosque, the yellowish and reddish tones dominate the prayer room.
Also striking is the three balconies that overlook a first floor that is above the narthex. The pulpit where the magnet is placed during prayer, and the mihrab, the niche that indicates the direction towards Mecca, are made of white marble.
In Tetovo we have one of the most beautiful mosques in the Balkans.
The mosque is called Aladzha (by the Turks), also called Šarena Džamija (by the Albanians), and is known as THE PAINTED MOSQUE
It was built in 1459, is a sample of the domain of the area that had the Turkish Empire, who was the one who exported the Koran through the Balkans.
It is a peculiar mosque for several things:
- Its construction was not financed by sultans or great men but by two sisters of the city
- It has no external dome like other mosques
- It has magnificent paintings both outside and inside the temple.
The exterior resembles a house of cards, as if the facade were made of several different decks, each one of colors (green, blue, ocher, red, etc) and different geometric styles, a style that could be classified as Turkish Ottoman baroque.
In the backyard of the mosque there is an octagonal form of peat from Hurshida and Mensure, the two women who provided the money for the construction of the mosque
But this mosque was not always painted, since from its construction in 1459 until the mid-nineteenth century there was no decoration. It was from 1833 that the restoration of the building was undertaken, and its decoration by means of natural pigments that were mixed with egg yolk to be well adhered. It was a work financed by Abdurrahman Pasha, who was a true enthusiast of art and who did not hesitate to hire Christian artisans, more accustomed to the art of fresco decoration to undertake the decoration of the mosque
Both the exterior and interior decoration is based, above all, on geometric motifs, as it is known that Islam does not usually allow figurative drawing in its temples. Greens, ochres and blues dominate the facade, but when we enter the interior of the mosque, the yellowish and reddish tones dominate the prayer room.
Also striking is the three balconies that overlook a first floor that is above the narthex. The pulpit where the magnet is placed during prayer, and the mihrab, the niche that indicates the direction towards Mecca, are made of white marble.
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TUMBA DE HURSHIDA Y MENSURE
In the backyard of the mosque there is an octagonal form of peat from Hurshida and Mensure, the two women who provided the money for the construction of the mosque
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