Prayer hall, Koski Mehmed Pasha mosque, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prayer hall of the Koski Mehmed Pasha mosque, built 1618, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with decorative mihrab on the wall and minbar on the right. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Stari Most or Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Prayer hall of the Koski Mehmed Pasha mosque, built 1618, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with decorative mihrab on the wall and minbar on the right. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Stari Most or Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen