The Mosque Omerbasic Photo: The Mosque Omerbasic

The city Bar after the liberation from the Turks was nearly destroyed, as in warfare warehouses were blown up with gunpowder barrels. This fact has caused serious damage to the city. However, in Old Bar there are still many surviving monuments of antiquity.

Overall, the evidence of Turkish rule can be seen in the architecture of every city in Montenegro. The exception is one of the key cities Bar. In 4 kilometers from the modern city is a mosque built by the Turks in the second half of the seventeenth century.

The mosque Omerbasic – the attraction of the Old Bar, was built by the Turks in 1662, during the occupation of Montenegro by the Ottoman Empire. The design of buildings in the architectural plan is simple and clear: rectangular base with an attached to the wall of the minaret to the South-West.

Entering the complex, near the mosque you can see the tomb of dervish Hassan. This tomb was built in the XVII century, and later was attached to it is another small building, with a height of one floor. It served as living quarters, as evidenced by the water column at the entrance to the building. Still later the mosque was built a house, which was intended to accommodate the imams and pilgrims. Surround the whole complex of stone walls, which he was surrounded during the Turks.

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