2024

MONASTERY OF THE HOLY TRINITY

Religious buildings

This monastery also known as Dubočica located near Pljevlja "moved" in 1980. It consists of a church erected in the 16th century and newer buildings topped with carved wooden galleries. The church was restored at the end of the 19th century and is covered with murals depicting the resurrection of Christ. Those in the narthex were painted in the 1590s by Father Strahinja, and those in the nave depict the Serbian Nemanjić dynasty.

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2024

HUSSEIN PASHA MOSQUE (HUSEIN-PAŠINA DŽAMIJA)

Religious buildings

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.

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