Arabati Baba Teḱe
The Arabati Baba Tekḱe is an Ottoman-era takya located in Tetovo, North Macedonia. The tekke was originally built in 1538 around the türbe of dervish Sersem Ali Baba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mosque
- Description: Bektashi Muslim place of worship (tekḱe) in Tetovo, North Macedonia
- Also known as: “Arabati Baba Tekke”, “Teće”, “Teke”, and “Teqe”
- Address: Љуботенска, Tetovo, 1220
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tetovo Fortress.
Tetovo Fortress
Ruins
Photo: Деан Лазаревски, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tetovo Fortress is a ruined fortress and archaeological site in Tetovo, North Macedonia. Because of its location on a hill called Baltepe, it is also known as Baltepe Fortress. Tetovo Fortress is situated 2 km north of Arabati Baba Teḱe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tetovo and Šipkovsko Teḱe.
Tetovo
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tetovo is a town tucked into Polog region in the northwestern corner of western North Macedonia, in the shadow of the Šar Mountains. The major city of the Polog region, it has about 53,000 people, making it the fifth-largest city in North Macedonia.
Šipkovsko Teḱe
Locality
Photo: Деан Лазаревски, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Šipkovsko Teḱe is a locality, which is situated 3 km northwest of Arabati Baba Teḱe.
Brvenica
Photo: Деан Лазаревски, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brvenica is a municipality located in the Polog region of northwestern North Macedonia, just south of Tetovo. The municipality is home to ten villages with nearly 16,000 residents.
Arabati Baba Teḱe
- Categories: Sufi lodge, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Tetovo, North Macedonia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.00395° or 42° 0′ 14″ northLongitude
20.95685° or 20° 57′ 25″ eastElevation
474 metres (1,555 feet)Open location code
8GJ22X34+HPOpenStreetMap ID
way 479804854OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Arabati Baba Teḱe” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Teqja e Baba Harabatit”
- Arabic: “أراباتي بابا”
- Bulgarian: “Арабати баба теке”
- Bulgarian: “Арабати Баба теке”
- Bulgarian: “Серсем Али Баба теке”
- Czech: “Arabati Baba Teḱe”
- French: “Arabati Baba tekke”
- French: “Tekke Arabati Baba”
- German: “Arabati-Baba-Tekke”
- Hungarian: “Harabati Baba Tekkesi”
- Macedonian: “Arabati Baba Teḱe”
- Macedonian: “Арабати Баба Теќе”
- Macedonian: “Арабати баба-теќе”
- Russian: “Арабати Баба-теке”
- Russian: “Арабати Баба-текке”
- Serbian: “Харабати Бабина текија”
- Slovak: “Arabati Baba Teḱe”
- Slovenian: “Arabati Baba Teke”
- Turkish: “Harabati Baba Tekkesi”
- Turkish: “Sersem Ali Baba Dergahı”
- Turkish: “Sersem Ali Baba Dergâhı”
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