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The Sherif Halil Pasha Mosque, more commonly known as the '''Tombul (or Tumbul) Mosque''' (Томбул джамия), located in Shumen , is the largest mosque in Bulgaria and the second largest in the Balkans . Built between 1740 and 1744 , it was initially located in the northeastern Bulgarian (then Ottoman ) town's centre, but is now in Shumen's southwest parts as the town centre shifted. The mosque's name comes from the shape of its dome. The mosque's complex consists of a main edfice (a prayer hall), a yard and a twelve-room extension (a Boarding House of the Madrasa ). The main edifice is in its fundamental part a square, then becomes an Octagon passing to a circle in the middle part, and is topped by a spheric dome that is 25 M above ground. The interior has mural paintings of vegetable life and geometric figures and features a lot of inscriptions in Arabic , phrases from the Qur'an . The yard is known for the arches in front of the twelve rooms that surround it and the Minaret is 40 m high. |
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