Village:
Pecineaga
Ottoman name of village:
Gerencik
Latitude:
43.89655481
Longitude:
028.49707462
Date:
1873
Description:
The mosque is located in the center of the village, close to the town hall. The building of the mosque is rectangular in shape and was renovated in 2010. The entrance, located on the north side, has a small portico and is flanked by 2 windows. Above the entrance and the portico is an inscription in Arabic characters, embedded in the wall, which commemorates the founder of the mosque, Veliullah Efendi, son of Abdullah, and the year of the first construction of the mosque (1835). On the west side, the building has two large windows, with an arched upper part, above which there were two more small, circular windows (glazing).
Next to the mosque building, about 2 m from the northwest corner, there is a minaret in the modern architectural style, built between 2011-2012. Also in the courtyard of the mosque is a modern building that serves as a social center for the Muslim community in the village.
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