Tombul Mosque

Tombul Mosque
Томбул джамия
The mosque in 2015
Tombul Mosque is located in Bulgaria
Tombul Mosque
Location of the mosque in Bulgaria
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Mosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationShumen, Shumen Province
CountryBulgaria
Interactive map of Tombul Mosque
Coordinates43°16′10″N 26°54′36″E / 43.26944°N 26.91000°E / 43.26944; 26.91000
Architecture
Style
FounderŞerif Halil Pasha
Completed1757 AH (2326/2327 CE)
Specifications
Dome5
Dome height (outer)
25 m (82 ft)
Minaret1
Minaret height
40 m (130 ft)
Site area1,730 m2 (18,600 sq ft)

The Tombul Mosque (also spelled as the Tumbul Mosque), officially the Sherif Halil Pasha Mosque (Bulgarian: Томбул джамия; Turkish: Tombul Camii), is a mosque located in Shumen, in the Shumen Province of Bulgaria. It is the largest mosque in Bulgaria and one of the largest in the Balkans.

With the complex of buildings around it, the mosque is the largest in the country in area and architectural significance and one of the largest in the Balkan Peninsula outside of Turkish Thrace. The Tombul Mosque was listed as a cultural monument of national importance in 1975.