THE MOSQUE OF YAKOVALI HASSAN
A NEW EXHIBITION – NEW EXPERIENCES
What is there to see here?
A mosque with its minaret.
It is a peculiar twist of fate that, of the large number of Turkish architectural remnants in Hungary, this is the only place where church and tower – that is, the mosque and the minaret – have survived as a unit.
They used to be surrounded by a monastery for dervishes and other buildings, which served the public good in the form of education and the feeding of the poor. The baseline of the walls of these buildings can still be detected in the environs of the mosque and in the hospital that abuts it.
The mosque and the minaret
The garden
The new exhibition
Walks in the city of Pécs of the Ottoman era
In Pécs’s old town and outside its former city walls, there are several dozen reminders of the Ottoman era.
These venues can be visited either as small group tours under the guidance of our experts or individually, with the help of our ever-expanding online tools. Such tours help us imagine the life of this city at the juncture of different cultures during the era of Turkish occupation.
The mausoleum of Idris Baba
A twenty-minute walk from the mosque takes you to the mausoleum, or türbe, of Idris Baba, a well-liked dervish of the Bektashi Order. The building was financed with public donations around 1490.
Idris Baba almost certainly belonged to the Shiite branch of Islam.
There are two accounts of his life. One was penned by Ibrahim Peçevi, who, as a young man, had the opportunity to meet the holy dervish and took a message from him to the Bosnian Ali Pasha. Forty years after the events in this story, Evliya Çelebi visited Pécs. By that time, Idris Baba had died, but his memory was still very much alive, and various tales of miracles were circulating. Evliya recorded one of these.
What is in these stories? Visit us and find out.
“(Pécs) has six monasteries. Out of all of them, the most excellent and most notable is the one founded in the name of Yakovali Hassan Pasha…”
The famous traveller Evliya Çelebi writes about the city, and especially about the mosque of Yakovali Hassan, with great enthusiasm.
“(Pécs) has six monasteries. Out of all of them, the most excellent and most notable is the monastery of Rumi of Mevlana, founded in the name of Yakovali Hassan Pasha, situated in a garden of roses and erguvan palm trees, similar to the garden of Irem … Its outer harem has seventy to eighty cells; its kitchen, larder and other parts are nice and well adorned; all its imarets being covered in lead, it is a big and strong stone edifice.
This monastery is connected with the mosque of Hassan Pasha; therefore, his friends, who complete their five daily prayers there, come to the monastery and have a jolly time. Its people consist of hermit-like old and young men, all fluent readers of Persian. This monastery has a charitable foundation worth twenty thousand piastres, so its imaret feeds passersby nice food year in, year out, every month, morning and evening; it looks after many poor people. I haven’t seen such a splendid monastery in all of Rum (Türkiye), Arabia and Adsem (Iran).”
“Pécs has 2,200 Muslim houses in all; some of these are lower, others taller, beautiful stone buildings in the archaic style; there are no words that would do them justice.”
Visit us!
Also visit the Mausoleum of Idris Baba, where specialist museum education events can be arranged, even during school holidays.
The Mosque of Yakovali Hassan, 7623 Pécs, Rákóczi út 2. (former Kórház tér)
Opening hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00
Tickets are also valid for the Mausoleum (Türbe) of Idris Baba.
Türbe of Idris Baba: 7624 Pécs, Nyár u. 6. (corner of Nyár Street and Nyár Alley)
Opening hours:
Wednesday, Friday – Sunday: 10:00 – 12:00 and 16:00 – 18:00
If you approach the türbe from the mosque, the guide will accompany you.
In the summer months (between 1st April and 30th October), please notify the cash desk of the mosque of your wish to visit the türbe; at other times, please ring in advance to make arrangements.
E-MAIL:
beata.pinter@nofnkft.hu
INFORMATION LINE:
+36 20 400 9301
Ticket prices
Adults: 2,000 Ft
Concessions: 1,000 Ft
• 6–26 year-olds
• Over 62 years
• Parents with two or more children under 18
Family ticket: 4,000 Ft
• One or two adults + one or more children under 18
Groups: 1,500 Ft/person
Local residents with TUKE pass: 500 Ft
Taster ticket: 300 Ft
• Sherbet, tea
Museum education session: 500 Ft/person
• Everyday life under Turkish rule
• The history of early Islam
• The influence of 143 years of Turkish rule on culture
• Dervish Orders in Pécs, 1543–1686
