Sultan Selim Mosque (Knežina)

Sokolac Municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina · built 1512

Sultan Selim II Mosque in Knežina or Selimiye Mosque, sometimes referred to as Emperor's Mosque (Sultan Selima džamija, Selimija džamija, Careva džamija) is the 16th century mosque located in the settlement of Knežina, Sokolac municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the beginning of the Bosnian War, in the summer of 1992, the mosque was demolished with explosives by local Serbian authorities and militia. It was completely rebuilt from the same material and officially opened on September 4, 2011. The mosque site and material remain were declared National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by KONS on May 4, 2004.

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