HUSSEIN PASHA MOSQUE (HUSEIN-PAŠINA DŽAMIJA)

The most beautiful mosque in the country is located in the heart of the city. Built between 1585 and 1594 by order of Hussein Pasha Boljanić representative of the imperial court of Istanbul, it has retained its original form and is a testimony to the Ottoman past. Manuscripts of the Qur'an, including one dated to the 16th century, are preserved there. Its minaret is over 40 m high and the building is decorated with softly coloured paintings. It is said that the pasha had two oxen tied to a cart and chased them to draw the foundation lines of the mosque.