Village:
Colina
Ottoman name of village:
Kara Ibil/ Kara Habil
Latitude:
45.0246056
Longitude:
029.0323028
Date:
1861
Description:
The mosque is situated on DJ222C road, 250 m south-east from the Muslim cemetery. Mosque is a rectangular building in an advanced state of decay. The walls were made of adobe and subsequently plastered. Room ceiling is made of wooden structure that was put over reeds. The roof of the mosque was covered with tiles. The mosque has two rooms, the largest one was used as the prayer room. In the prayer room the wooden minbar is still visible. In the southern wall it is a niche (mihrab) flanked by two windows. Niche has a correspondent visible on the outside of the building. Two other windows are in the eastern and western wall. Access to the two rooms is through two separate doors on the western wall. A chimney shows a common heating source for the two rooms. The north-western corner of the building is ruined. Outside of the building, near the south-western corner, a small concrete stair with three steps indicate the presence of a minaret
Literature:http://www.cimec.ro/Monumente/LacaseCult/RO/Documente/ASP/detaliu.asp?k=31883-1Link to map
