ZAGREB MOSQUE - Islamska zajednica u Hrvatskoj

the mosque at Zelengaj, in the
north of the city, whilst the architect
Zvonimir Požgaj and the
painter Omer Mujadžić were
entrusted with the submission
of the designs. In August 1941,
the city authorities amended the
overall design of the mosque to
include the Artists Home, previously
in the centre of the city,
built to a design of the sculptor
Ivan Meštrović. The mosque
was opened in the summer of
1941. The exterior arrangement
was conceived by one of
the leading Croatian architects
Stjepan Planić, and the interior
20 20 21 of the mosque was designed by
the architect Zvonimir Požgaj.
The three concrete-reinforced
minarets 46 metres high and
the outside fountain (šadrvan)
were completed in the spring of
1943. A new dome was erected
in the interior of the mosque
which brought light into the hall
and carried a one-ton hanging
lamp. The partition walls were
removed, the imam’s office and
two flats, the classroom for religious
studies and two mahfils
(an area restricted to women)
were added, one in the form
of a gallery on the first floor
Part of the fence of the minber (pulpit) in the first Zagreb mosque
Remains of the first Zagreb mosque (ćurs /pulpit, mihrab, minber), the
exhibity in the Islamic Centre
Replica of the interior decoration
in the first Zagreb mosque
and another on the semi-circular
balcony above the entrance
to the hall. The monumental
mihrab, and mimber and ćurs
(pulpits) were situated in the
prayer hall. The walls of the
mosque were lined with green
Italian marble and adorned with
travertine decoration of early
Croatian interlaced-ribbon motifs
and Arabic calligraphy. The
floors were covered with forty
Persian rugs of the Isfahan
type. The opening of The Zagreb
Mosque, which ranked,
through its sheer size and scale,