Šarena Mosque
Šarena Džamija, meaning Decorated Mosque in English but also variably translated as Painted Mosque, is a mosque located near the Pena River in Tetovo, North Macedonia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Tetovo, North Macedonia
- Also known as: “Painted Mosque”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arabati Baba Teḱe and Tetovo Fortress.
Arabati Baba Teḱe
Mosque
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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. Arabati Baba Teḱe is situated 1 km west of Šarena Mosque.
Tetovo Fortress
Ruins
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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 1½ km north of Šarena Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tetovo and Šipkovsko Teḱe.
Tetovo
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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
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Šipkovsko Teḱe is a locality, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Šarena Mosque.
Brvenica
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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.
Šarena Mosque
- Category: religion
- Location: Tetovo, North Macedonia, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Šarena Mosque” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Xhamia e Larme”
- Arabic: “مسجد سارينا زاميجا”
- Belarusian: “Шарэна джамія”
- Bengali: “শারেনা জামিয়া (মসজিদ)”
- Bengali: “শারেনা জামিয়া”
- Bulgarian: “Шарена джамия (Тетово)”
- Bulgarian: “Шарена джамия”
- Catalan: “Mesquita Pintada de Tètovo”
- Chinese: “Šarena清真寺”
- Chinese: “沙连纳清真寺”
- Czech: “Šarena Džamija”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد سارينا زاميجا”
- French: “mosquée peinte de Tetovo”
- French: “Mosquée peinte de Tetovo”
- German: “Bunte Moschee”
- Greek: “Τέμενος Σαρένα (ΠΓΔΜ)”
- Greek: “Τέμενος Σαρένα”
- Hungarian: “Šarena Džamija”
- Italian: “Moschea Šarena”
- Japanese: “サレナ・モスク”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Sharena”
- Macedonian: “Шарена џамија”
- Macedonian: “Шарена Џамија”
- Persian: “مسجد رنگین”
- Polish: “Kolorowy Meczet (Tetowo)”
- Polish: “Kolorowy Meczet”
- Russian: “Пёстрая мечеть”
- Russian: “Шарена джамия”
- Serbian: “Шарена џамија”
- Slovenian: “Šarena džamija”
- Spanish: “Mezquita pintada de Tetovo”
- Tatar: “Чуар мәчет (Тетово)”
- Tatar: “Чуар мәчет”
- Turkish: “Alaca cami, kalkandelen”
- Turkish: “Alaca Cami, Kalkandelen”
- Turkish: “Alaca Cami”
- Ukrainian: “Шарена Джамія”
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