Kurshum Mosque
The Kurshum Mosque, officially the Kurshum Djamia Mosque, is a mosque located in Karlovo, in the Plovdiv Province of Bulgaria. The Kurshum Mosque was built in 1485 by Karlu Ali Bey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Kursum Mosque”, “Kurşunlu Camii”, and “Куршум Джамия”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vasil Levski and Levski Hydroelectric Plant, Karlovo.
Vasil Levski
Memorial
Photo: Gitanes232, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vasil Levski Monument stands in Vasil Levski Square in Karlovo, Bulgaria, between the churches of St. Nicholas and the Holy Mother. The foundation stone of the monument was laid on 15 May 1903, in front of prince regnant Ferdinand I. Vasil Levski is situated 550 metres south of Kurshum Mosque.
Levski Hydroelectric Plant, Karlovo
Power station
Photo: Vislupus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Levski Hydroelectric Plant, Karlovo is a power station, which is situated 1¼ km north of Kurshum Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karlovo and Sopot.
Karlovo
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karlovo is a beautiful town of about 20,000 inhabitants in the Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria. It's best known as the birthplace of Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski who organised an uprising against the Ottoman rule in the late 19th century.
Sopot
Town
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sopot is a Bulgarian town situated in the fertile sub-Balkan mountain valley of Karlovo, immediately below the steep southern slopes of the Troyan Balkan Mountain. Sopot is situated 4½ km west of Kurshum Mosque.
Anevo
Village
Photo: Litev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sopot Municipality is a municipality in Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria. The municipality consists only of two places: the town of Sopot and the village of Anevo. Anevo is situated 7 km west of Kurshum Mosque.
Kurshum Mosque
Latitude
42.64226° or 42° 38′ 32″ northLongitude
24.80776° or 24° 48′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8GJ6JRR5+W4OpenStreetMap ID
way 115019503OpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueWikidata ID
Q16931688
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Uzbek—“Kurshum Mosque” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কুরশুম জামিয়া মসজিদ”
- Bulgarian: “Куршум джамия”
- Dutch: “Koersjoem-moskee”
- Slovak: “Mešita Kuršum”
- Turkish: “Kurşunlu Cami”
- Turkish: “Kurşunlu Camii”
- Urdu: “مسجد کرشوم”
- Uzbek: “Kurshum masjidi”
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