Protection of the Mosque and Madrasa of Mehmed-Pasa Kukavica, Foca

$49.4K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Start Date	Jun 04, 2005
End Date	May 07, 2008
Duration	1,068 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77366-48`

Grant Description

To support the preservationof the mosque and madrasa in order to stop further deterioration.

The project will erect a fence around the complex, clean fragments of the structure, and construct a wooden shelter over the remains in situ. The mosque was built in 1751, the last one built in Foca, toward the end of the Ottoman Empire. In 1992, the mosque was dynamited and subsequently set on fire.

In 2002, the dome collapsed. It was the only mosque in Serbian Territory whose remnants were not removed from the site after it was destroyed.