Pécs - Mosque of Yakovali Hassan Pasha

It is just a short walk to the southwestern corner of the town center and to this Mosque, with its twelve-sided 23m (75ft) high minaret. Thanks to the excellent way in which it has been preserved it ranks among the major buildings of the Turkish period. The edifice is rectangular in plan with a massive square prayer-hall surmounted by a flat roof with an octagonal drum-dome. The outer walls are pierced by narrow pointed windows which provide some relief to the otherwise plain natural stone exterior. Apart from the restrained ornamentation and stalactite decoration the interior, too, is quite plain. The wall facing Mecca contains the obligatory mihrab, or prayer-niche. The little museum in the mosque is very informative.