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rebuilt "so that it glowed", says Evlija Ćelebi in his travelogue
During the Ottoman rule, it was a big city that every year one hundred to one
hundred and fifty people went on the hajj to Mecca. There were three
hundred chimney owners and distinguished people in it. There were no
wooden buildings in Drniš

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Four mosques in the city and one mosque without a minaret, in the
fortress.
THE BATTLE OF DRNIŠ FROM THE YEAR 1648

AFTER THE CAPTURE OF THE CITY, THE CLOCK TOWER AND THE MOSQUE ON THE FORT IN
DRNIŠ WERE DEMOLISHED. THE CLOCK MECHANISM WAS TAKEN TO THE ŠIBENIK
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Today in Drniš, the remains of two mosques are visible and known to the
public.

It is the church of St. Anthony of Padua, in the Ottoman era it was the Halil
Hodža mosque, and next to the remains of the fortress, there are the remains
of a minaret
CHURCH OF SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA IN DRNIŠ - ONCE A MOSQUE
CHURCH OF SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA IN DRNIŠ
CHURCH OF SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA IN DRNIŠ
CHURCH OF SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA IN DRNIŠ - ONCE A MOSQUE

A PIECE OF ORNAMENT FROM DRNIŠKA MOSQUE, TODAY IN THE

FRANCISCAN MUSEUM IN SINJ (according to Karlo Kosor)
THE REMAINS OF ONE OF DRNIŠKA MOSQUES ARE
ALMOST COMPLETELY PRESERVED MINARE
WE LOCATE THE THIRD MOSQUE NEAR NAKIĆ HOUSE ON GRADINA

NOT FAR FROM THE MOSQUE WAS THE CLOCK TOWER AND ONE OF THE OTTOMAN NECROPOLIS
OF DRNIŠ
 MOSQUE AND CLOCK TOWER AT THE LOCATION OF SERDAR NAKIĆ-
VOJNOVIĆ'S HOUSE

OTTOMAN CLOCK FROM DRNIŠ, TODAY IS LOCATED IN THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN IN ŠIBENIK
ON THE PLACE OF THE MOSQUE AND CLOCK TOWER, SERDAR NAKIĆ-VOJNOVIĆ BUILT THEIR
BUILDING COMPLEX, WITH A BAROQUE GATE AT THE ENTRANCE
REMAINS OF ONE OF THE NAKIĆ HOUSES IN THE PART OF DRNIŠ called GRADINA
DOOR WITH BUILDERS INSCRIPTION ABOVE
COLONEL GRGUR NAKIĆ - 1783

LOCATION OF THE HOUSE NAKIĆ-VOJNOVIĆ 1708.

LOCATION OF THE HOUSE NAKIĆ-VOJNOVIĆ
IN THE NORTH, NOT FAR FROM NAKIĆ-VOJNOVIĆ'S HOUSE, A PART OF A GRAVE MONUMENT WAS
FOUND – NIŠAN WITH PART OF A TURBAN WITH A PARTIALLY PRESERVED MUDŽEVEZ.

APPARENTLY, NEAR THE MOSQUE WAS ONE OF THE OTTOMAN CEMETERIES

THE FOURTH MOSQUE IN DRNIŠ IS LOCATED ON THE FLOOR OF THE FORTRESS NEAR TRZBALIĆEVAC
STREAM. IT IS THE SMALL MOSQUE OF THE SHAIN AGE OF TERZI BALCI
A MOSQUE CAN BE RECOGNIZED ON THE SKETCH OF DRNIŠ FROM 1708, IN THE PART OF DRNIŠ
ABOVE TRZBALĆEVAC STREAM
MATE BOJČIĆ, FRANJO KURTOVIĆ, MATE PILČIĆ AND OTHERS ASKED PROVIDUR DOLFIN IN 1690 TO
ALLOW THEM TO ESTABLISH AN ARTILLERY SCHOOL Scuola de Bombardieri AND TO DONATE A
SMALL MOSQUE WHICH WOULD BE RESTORED AND TURNED INTO THE CHURCH OF SAINT
BARBARA, THE PATRON OF THAT SCHOOL. IN 1693, THE MOSQUE HAD A MINARET AND AN ALTAR.
IT HAS BEEN NEGLECTED OVER TIME AND WHEN LIGHTNING HIT IT, IT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A DOOR.

WHEN LIGHTNING DESTROYED THE MOSQUE-CHURCH OF ST. BARBARA, GRGUR NAKIĆ VOJNOVIĆ
ASKED PROVIDUR DIEDO FOR PERMISSION TO USE THE CHURCH'S STONES FOR BUILDING THE BELL
TOWER OF ST. ANTONIO. DIEDO IN 1790. ALLOWED IT, BUT FORBIDDEN IT, IN 1792.

AT THE TRIAL IN 1792, IT WAS SAID THAT MATE BOJČIĆ GOT THE MOSQUE TO ESTABLISH AN
ARTILLERY SCHOOL, WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN UNLESS IT HAPPENED IN THE CHURCH OF ST.
BARBARE HAS NOT SERVED MASS FOR 30 YEARS AND THAT THE BOJČIĆ CHURCH WAS Abandoned
EVEN BEFORE THE LIGHTNING Struck.

ANDRIJ BUTKOVIĆ IN 1696 THE VENICE GRANTS THE LAND BELOW THE HOUSE OF USEIN BEG
TERZIBALIJIĆ, WHICH IS LOCATED, BETWEEN THE PUBLIC ROAD, THE GARDEN OF TOME
ZAVOROVIĆ, ROAD, STREAM AND FOUNTAINS.

THE ABOVE-MENTIONED STREAM, NOW CALLED TRZBALICEVAC, SHOWS THAT THE TERZI BALCI
FAMILY INHABITED EXACTLY THAT PART OF DRNIŠ
NEAR THE MOSQUE, UNTIL RECENTLY, THERE WAS AN EMPTY SPACE CALLED "SINIŠTA",

WHICH, AS IT APPEARS ON THE DRAWING, WAS FENCED IN DURING THE OTTOMAN RULE

DRNIŠ 1937.
THE MOSQUE WAS LOCATED ON TERRAIN WITH A LARGE INCLINE
 DUE TO THE SLOPE OF THE GROUND, THE MOSQUE HAD A LARGE
BASEMENT ROOM, THE UPPER PART OF WHICH WAS LOW TO THE
FOUNDATION, WHICH CORRESPONDED SPATIALLY TO THE
BASEMENT ROOM. AFTER IT WAS DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING, THE
UPPER PART OF THE MOSQUE WAS USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF OTHER BUILDINGS, AND LATER A NEW HOUSE WAS BUILT ABOVE
THE BASEMENT PREMISES.
 JUDGING BY THE REPRESENTATION OF DRNIŠ IN THE DRAWING,
THERE WAS ALSO A FIFTH MOSQUE IN DRNIŠ WITHIN THE FORTRESS
ITSELF, BUT THERE ARE NO TRACES OF IT