Hadži Džaferova – Lipanjska džamija u Gračanici
HAJJI DŽAFER’S MOSQUE – LIPANJSKA MOSQUE IN GRAČANICA

Summary/Abstract: The article relates about Hajji Džafer’s mosque in Gračanica that was built by the will of man whose name it carries even today. However, the mosque is better known by the name Lipanjska mosque. This name, most probably, it got due to the linden tree (lipa) that used to be nearby the mosque. By that tree the settlements also got the name Lipa. The year when the mosque is constructed is not known, neither is it known who was that Hajji Džafer who built the mosque. It is possible that it was some wealthy man because at that time only the rich could go for hajj. However, the mosque was reconstructed at the number of occasions, and was rebuilt from the foundations in the year 1908. Then it was newly constructed, but in its old form. The original mosque was, due to deterioration, demolished in year 1934/1935, and in its place, the mosque with the wooden minaret as we see it today was constructed.

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