Ottoman monuments of Ilok explained

Ottoman monuments of Ilok
Status:Cultural
Building Type:hammam and the türbe
Architectural Style:Ottoman architecture
Location:Ilok

The remaining Ottoman Empire era monuments of Ilok, town in eastern Croatia, include the hammam and the türbe which makes the town the location with the largest number of preserved Ottoman buildings in Slavonia.[1] The hammam in Ilok is the only preserved Ottoman era hammam in Croatia.[2] Evliya Çelebi, Ottoman explorer who travelled through the Empire, described the hammam of Ilok in his recollections from the town.[2]

Together with Požega, Ilok gained the town status during the Ottoman rule over the region.[3] The town of Ilok was together with Sremska Mitrovica one of the seats of the Sanjak of Syrmia of the Budin Eyalet. Systematic demolition of all symbols of Islam happened in the late 17th century after the region of southern Ottoman Hungary was reconquered by the Habsburg monarchy, making the monuments in Ilok some of the last architectural traces of the Ottoman era in modern day Croatia.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Horvat . Zorislav . 2002 . Analiza srednjovjekovne faze gradnje dvorca Odescalchi, nekadašnjeg palasa Nikole Iločkog, kralja Bosne . Prilozi Instituta za arheologiju u Zagrebu . 19 . 195-212 .
  2. Web site: Najzapadnija islamska baština . 2014 . Kulturpunkt . 24 December 2022.
  3. Radoš . Ruža . 2017 . Katica Jurčević, Ozana Ramljak i Zlatko Hasanbegović (ur.), Hrvatska i Turska, Povijesno-kulturni pregled, Zagreb: Srednja Europa; Institut društvenih znanosti “Ivo Pilar”, 2016, 136 stranica . Povijesni prilozi . 19 . 201-205 .
  4. Web site: Tursko-islamska arhitektura u Hrvatskoj . 2012 . Hrvatsko-tursko društvo - Rijeka . 24 December 2022.