Livno, BA

Mosque of Hajji Ahmed the Ducat Minter

The mosque of Hajji Ahmed the Ducat Minter is one of the most recognisable symbols of the city of Livno. It was probably built between 1562 and 1574 on a natural promontory whose three sides slope steeply down to the river Bistrica. The cemetery was probably destroyed in 1878 during the Ottoman resistance against Austro-Hungarian forces. The mosque was rebuilt in 1938 and the harem was cleaned and fortified with a solid concrete wall. In 1941 the Italian army used the mosque as an ammunition depot.

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Balaguša Mosque

The Balaguša Mosque is one of the many domed mosques in Livno, which is believed to have been erected between 1530 and 1550. Balaguša Mosque, like all domed mosques in Livno, belongs to the Ottoman type of one-room mosque with a porch covered with three small domes.

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Lala Paša Mosque

Lala Paša Mosque is a domed mosque built in 1577-78. It has a sundial, the work of the famous muezzin, travel writer and astronomer Hadži-Jusuf Livnjak. Next to the mosque is a spacious harem with rarely preserved tombstones. In 2003, in addition to the renovated and restored mosque, an abdesthana (small closed room for ablutions) was built.

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