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Tombul Mosque Sherif Halil Pasha, Shoumen

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Shoumen: Tombul Mosque Sherif Halil Pasha

Tombul Mosque Sherif Halil Pasha

In Bulgarian: Томбул джамия Шериф Халил Паша

Category: Mosque

Location: Shoumen

Longtitude: 26.90973401 Latitude: 43.26943671

The Sherif Halil Pasha Mosque (more commonly known as the Tombul Mosque) in town of Shumen is the largest mosque in Bulgaria (just before the mosque in town of Razgrad) and second on the Balkans. It was built between 1740 and 1744 in the central for the that time part - nowadays south-western part of Shumen.

The name Tombul origins from the shape of the mosque dome - in Turkish Tombul means thick, inflated, plump.

Map and Satellite view of Tombul Mosque Sherif Halil Pasha (town Shoumen): full screen map

Other sights, landmarks and places of interest when visit town of Shoumen >>

Monument Founders of the Bulgarian State (category: Memorial)
Archaeological site Shumen fortress (category: Archaeological site)
Regional History Museum (category: Museum)
Pancho Vladigerov House-Museum (category: Museum)
House museum "Panayot Volov" (category: Museum)

Other sights from category Mosque in Bulgaria

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