Bajrakli Mosque
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The Bajrakli Mosque (also spelled Bayrakli) is a mosque in Belgrade. It was built between 1660 and 1688 and is the only mosque in the Serbian capital out of the 80 that had existed during the Ottoman Empire's occupation of Serbia. ("Bajrakli" is Turkish for "flag.")
During the occupation of Serbia by the Austrians (between 1717 and 1739), it was converted into a Roman Catholic church; but after the Ottomans retook Belgrade, it was returned to its original function.
It was severely damaged after being set on fire March 18, 2004, during that year's unrest in Kosovo in response to the burning of Serbian churches in Kosovo.
See also
External links
- Bajrakli Mosque + picture (http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena/activity/m/most/Public/Belgrade/bajrakli.html)
- "Flames Engulf Belgrade Mosque" (http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200403_486_2_eng.txt)bs:Bajrakli džamija