Mangalia Mosque
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| Esmehan Sultan Mosque | |
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Esmahan Sultan Mosque | |
| Location | Mangalia, Constanța County, Romania |
| Established | 1575 |
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| Minaret(s) | 1 |
Esmehan Sultan Mosque (Romanian: Moscheea „Esmahan Sultan”) is the oldest mosque in Romania.
Located in Mangalia, Constanţa County, it serves a community of 800 Muslim families, most of them of Turkish and Tatar ethnicity.
History
Esmehan Sultan Mosque was constructed in 1575 by its namesake, Esmehan, the daughter of Ottoman sultan Selim II and wife of Ottoman Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha.
It was renovated in the 1990s and includes a graveyard with 300-year old tombstones.
References
- (Romanian) Moscheea ridicată de prinţesa Esmahan, Jurnalul Naţional
- Muftiyat of Romania - contains detailed information about mosques in Romania
Coordinates: 43°48′37″N 28°34′59″E / 43.81028°N 28.58306°E
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