Rijeka Mosque | |
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Map Type: | Croatia Pula Rijeka Sibenik |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
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Country: | Croatia |
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Architecture Type: | Mosque |
Architecture Style: | Islamic architecture |
Year Completed: | 2013 |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Capacity: | 1400[1] |
Minaret Height: | 23 meters |
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Rijeka Mosque (Croatian and Bosnian: Džamija u Rijeci) is a mosque in Rijeka, Croatia built between 2009 and 2013.[1] The project of the mosque and the cultural center was originally developed by Dušan Džamonja in cooperation with Branko Vučinović and Darko Vlahović.[2] The entire project costed 76 million Croatian kuna with significant contribution by the state of Qatar.[3] Croatian media described the building as one of the most beautiful mosques in Europe.[4] The mosque is a part of the Islamic Cultural Center which was built on the 10,816 square meters plot and which itself covers 5,291 square meters (3,612 square meters of closed space).[5]