Faith, in the sense of religion, is the basic inspiration of the Islamic culture of classical times, and in those times Islamic culture accompanied the Islamic religion wherever it moved. In the abundance of forms which expressed and conveyed this original relationship, the city occupied a representative position.

Historical cores of cities were formed, primarily due to favorable or specific geographical position, as nodal places, where trade routes and natural resources intersect. Historical, stylistic features are subordinate forces in the shaping of architecture and space.

The mosque in Hatinac is doubtlessly one of the oldest in the area of present Majlis of the Islamic Community Bihać. On the inscription above the entrance door, the 1126 Hijri, or 1714 A.D. year is inscribed, which means that eight years ago it turned three centuries of existence.

Mosques which were commissioned by sultans have particular significance in the tradition of Ottoman architecture and are called “selatin” or “sultan mosques”. Some of them were built in the capital of the Empire and were symbols of the economic power, as well as of the sultan's spiritual and secular authority.

Towns in our country were founded upon the arrival of Ottomans, typically at the places of the already existent medieval settlements. Since the conception of these old towns has to a great extent persisted to this day, at least in the historically preserved cores, we will recognize the principle which was followed when they were built.

Novi Pazar is one of the cities in the Balkans which, besides Sarajevo, is the most important cultural, religious and national center of Muslims in the Balkans. In Novi Pazar, one can find the famous cultural-historical monuments, mosques, schools and universities.

Čaršija Mosque in Stolac, i.e. the Sultan Selim Mosque, is one of the oldest mosques in Herzegovina. Together with the building ensemble Stolac Čaršija (marketplace) it was declared a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003.

Mostar, built of stone, so solid, yet seems so fragile and transcendental in the afternoon heat - like an impressionist painting of an enchanted city. The key structures of the Old Town that shaped the formation of the core are the Old Bridge with towers and the city walls.

Bosniaks used to be one of the peoples who enjoyed full recognition in all fields of political, intellectual and artistic activity within the Ottoman Empire.

In 2006, the architectural ensemble – the Tekke (Muhamed Mehmed-čauš) Mosque in Konjic was designated as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The national monument is composed of the mosque and the mosque courtyard.

Sarajevo had most bridges out of all the cities in the Ottoman Bosnia. Besides those on the Miljacka River, bridges were built in a broader area of the city, on the rivers Željeznica and Bosnia.

Havale Ahmed-bey Silahdar Mosque, better known as Lejlek Mosque, was named after its builder Ahmed-bey Silahdar.

From the transcript of the vakufnama (deed of endowment) of Mawlana Muslihuddin Abdulgani, which is still kept in the Archives of the Central Directorate of Waqfs in Ankara, we learn that he commissioned one of the mosques in Novi Pazar.

By lined-up proportions and builders’ skill, the Husein-pasha Mosque in Pljevlje is one of the most significant buildings from the period of Ottoman administration, while by the wealth of interior and exterior decoration it is one of the richest mosques in this region.

Musa-pasha Mosque is worth seeing. This is a mosque whose doors and walls, mihrab and minbar and the archway over the gates are quite beautifully executed artistically, and all of it is made of marble, green like emerald.

Exhibition “Mostar harems at the time of devastation 1878–1992ˮ authored by Ahmet Kurt and opened in the Center for Culture on 4 October 2022, reminded the public at large of a long process of devastation and disappearance of numerous cemeteries in Mostar.

Plav, Montenegro

Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Like the Captain's Tower and the Church of St. Anthony, the turbe (mausoleum) which is situated in the historical core of the city of Bihać testifies of multi-confessionalism and multiculturality of the city.

Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fethija Mosque is situated in the main city square in Bihać. It was built of the carved stone bihacit, same as many other buildings in Bosanska Krajina. Her base consists of a 22m long and 11.50 m wide rectangle and it is 10.50 m high.

Right next to the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque at Baščaršija one can find streets Mudželiti and Mali mudželiti.

Ljubuški is a constituent part of the history of medieval settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ковачевић-Којић, Градска насеља, 115).

In the past, the region of Pounje and a considerable part of Cazinska Krajina had a significant role in the defense of the Ottoman Empire toward the west, and were also the starting point for new conquests.

Copper-smithing is one of the oldest crafts, and one of the few which have survived to this day.

Sarajevo was founded in 1462, during the height of a very extensive Ottoman military campaign, which led to the fall of the Bosnian Kingdom.

It is well known that city cemeteries in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been turned into parks following explicit orders by Minister Benjamin Kalay in the early 20th century.

The toponym Bihać, according to previous historical research, first appeared in 1260 in the charter of King Bela IV of Hungary.

Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bezistans (domed markets) are monumental buildings, covered marketplaces mostly aimed at selling textiles.

Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina

National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina

What we name graffiti today owes its name to the Italian word graffio, which could be translated as 'scratch'.

Word ‘ićhisar’ means ‘inside the fortress’, which implies that the mosque was situated within the fortress of Bihać in the period of Ottoman administration.

Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina

National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bijelo Polje, Montenegro

Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vranduk, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Spirituality is the inner dimension or the center of every religious teaching which, essentially, makes up the sum of all the crucial ideas or principles of believing.

Josip Pospišil is one of the Pleiad of architects who left an indelible trace both on architectural heritage and on the cultural history of Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 20th century.

Bužim, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Podzvizd fortress complex from the medieval period.

Continuity from the middle ages - Ottoman walls.

Velika Kladuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina

On the edge of Baščaršija, and at the foot of the Kovači Street there is the Čekrečijina Mosque. It was commissioned by Muslihudin hadži Mustafa Čekrekčija in 1526.

Bezistans are closed markets, made in downtowns of the cities with developed trade during the Ottoman Empire. Expensive goods and textiles were sold in them.

Maglaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the Narodna uzdanica journal, a great lover of the Pounje region, a writer and publicist from Krajina Murat Šuvalić (1897-1936) wrote the following: Every small town in Bosanska Krajina is full of history.

Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

A governor of Bosnia from 1521 to 1541, located by the Gazi Husrev-bey Mosque in Sarajevo

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina