Affiliation Islam Materials Carved stone Phone +43 699 19675985 | Completed 1575 Opened 1575 Number of minarets 1 | |
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Location Oituz Street 1, Mangalia, Constanța County, Romania Address Strada Oituz, Mangalia 905500, Romania Similar Muzeul de Istorie şi Arheologi, Carol I Mosque, Muzeul Marinei Române, Abdul Medgid, Limanu Cave | ||
Esmehan Sultan Mosque (Romanian: Moscheea „Esmahan Sultan”) is the oldest mosque in Romania.
Located in Mangalia, Constanța 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
Mangalia Mosque Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA