During the rule of the
Venetians the Church of St. Maria was built in the
Old Town in 1510, which was turned into a mosque, Mosque of the
Sultan Selim II as soon as the Turks conquered Ulcinj in 1571. It used to be the so-called
Xhamia Mbretrore – Imperial Mosque, as it did not have any
Wakf from which it could have been financed at the beginning, so that its employees were paid from the
state budget.
Hajji Halil Skura added a minaret in 1693 made of nicely cut stone, in the lower part, on a rectangular base, which was made narrower on top. The religious purpose of this mosque ended in 1880, when the
Montenegrins conquered
Ulcinj. This religious building also had a
maktab. All the Ulcinj reises (captains) would gather there when an important decision had to be made. The building hosts the town museum. == References ==