Architectural Peculiarities of the Wooden Minarets in Balkans Region: Examples of Montenegro

Authors : Ammar İBRAHİMGİL, Lana KUDUMOVİC

Pages : 283-296

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Publication Date : 2023-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Since the region of Balkans was seized by the Ottomans during the 14th century, providing a proper praying spaces, particularly mosques, was among important tasks. Thus, lively images of the settlements were assembled by the commonly seen elements including mosques too. It was common to build mosques with wooden minaret, in areas rich with wood, within the residential neighborhoods, while the corpus of the mosques could have been made of different buildings materials or even fully made of wood. This study aimed to define the peculiarities of the wooden minarets in Balkan. Referring to the wooden minarets as the most distinguished element of residential areas four types of these mosques were documented within the Balkans and Rhodes. This study showed the main peculiarities and parts of the wooden minarets, which could be considered as the main characteristic elements according to which also the mosque typology was distinguished, and accordingly, the architectural characteristics of the wooden minarets in the Balkan. Further on, defined criteria insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(founders, materials, shape, dimensions, position of minarets etc.); were used to compare wooden minaret mosques in Monte Negro, which was selected as case study area for this research. This study contributes to the knowledge about mosques with wooden minarets in the Balkan region. General physical peculiarities are discussed as well as the intangible character of mastering in constructing wooden minarets. Also, clarification is done about minaret parts. The wooden minarets mosques typology was observed according to the wooden minaret peculiarities.
Keywords : Mimari Miras, Koruma, Ahşap Minareler, Balkan, Karadağ