Images of Revival

The Begova Mosque

Left: The Ghazi Husrevbeg Mosque (Begova Dzamija) Interior, Circa 1985

Right: Begova Interior after "renovations" under the former government of Yugoslavia in 1990 and under the auspices of the Saudi High Commission for Aid to Bosnia 1995-98

  
The Interior of the Ghazi Husrevbeg Mosque (Begova Dzamija)
newly commissioned restoration-in-progress, July, 2002
Nihad Cengic, conservator; Hazim Numanagic, calligrapher
All photos by Michael Sells, Page design by Ariela Marcus-Sells
Illustrated Essay
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With appreciation to Professor Rusmir Mehmutcehajic for arranging the Visit

 
 
The Mosque (dzamija) and Islamic clock tower (sahat kula) of Gazi Husrev
in the midst of Sarajevo's Ottoman bazaar district (Bascarsija).
View toward the East and the road to Pale, July 2002

Go to Begova Interior Illustrated Essay
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