Rijeka Mosque | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | Rijeka |
Country | Croatia |
Geographic coordinates | 45°20′45″N 14°23′51″E / 45.3458°N 14.3974°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Islamic architecture |
Completed | 2013 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 1400[1] |
Minaret height | 23 meters[1] |
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]