The mosque was built by
Bosnian Muslim members of the
Austro-Hungarian army serving on the
Isonzo Front of
World War I. For their religious needs, the military authorities permitted them to erect a small mosque in November 1916 at the foot of the eastern
Alps. The building was mostly built of cut stone, with a carved wooden porch, a domed roof, and a square
minaret, and it was surrounded by a stone wall and gated iron fence. An area near the mosque was designated the
Log pod Mangartom Military Cemetery, where fallen Austro-Hungarian soldiers of all faiths were buried. At the end of
World War I, the Bosnian Muslim troops returned home and left the mosque untended.
Italy, which subsequently annexed the area, demolished the deteriorating mosque some years later. The only surviving record of its existence are six photos preserved by local citizens. ==See also==