Painted mosque in Tetovo Macedonia

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Шарена џамија во Тетово, Šarena Džamija u Tetovu, Painted mosque in Tetovo One of the most beautiful mosques in Macedonia is the Sarena Dzamija, also called Colorful Mosque, Painted Mosque, Pasha Djamija (Prince's Mosque) or Motley Mosque. Allegedly 30,000 eggs were used to produce the paint. The bath house (Aman) on the other site of the river Pena used to be part of the complex. The bath house now houses the Tetovo Art Gallery. The mosque was originally built in 1495.The donors of the mosque were two sisters, Hurshida and Mensure who were buried in the eight-sided “turbe” (grave) in the yard of the mosque. In the year in 1833, the mosque was renovated and expanded by Abdurahman Pasha.The mosque was renovated again in 1991. #Džamija_Tetovo #Macedonia #Makedonija #mosque #Painted #Tetovo #Šarena #Македонија #Тетово #Шарена #џамија