Thursday, December 22, 2011

City of Pecs , Hungary



This photo features the main square in Pecs ,Hungary with the old mosque church ,plague monument and the equestrian statue of a Hungarian hero Janos Hunyadi .The mosque of Pasha Gazi Kassim from the 16 th century is the largest building which remains intact from the Ottoman era in Hungary.Today it is operating as a Catholic Church .It has clear Islamic elements like ogee windows ,prayer niche and faded verses from the Koran .

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