The Imperial Mosque in Plav was built in 1471 in the old town, surrounded by ramparts. It is popularly known as the Old Mosque. Given that it was built on a conical hill, Meteriza dominates the city with its position. The mosque was part of a fortification complex called Dizdar's city, which consisted of towers for accommodation and weapon stores, surrounded by a wall 3-5 m high. Nearby was the oldest library in these parts, which is believed to be from the same period as the mosque. The mosque was built of ashlar and wood and as an asker-mosque it was intended for those who came to this region after the establishment of the Ottoman rule, and with the qadi at the head, were its bearers, or were stationed as members of regular Ottoman units. The present appearance of the mosque is from the 18th century.
It was renovated in 1869/70, 1970 and 1986. Its base is rectangular, measuring 148 m. It consists of a ground floor and a first floor. During the renovation in 1986, the shingle roof was replaced with imitation thermoplastic shingles. The minaret is made of wood. It is 10 m high and rises from the roof. The front part of the mosque, the so-called sofa, was also built of wood. Of particular artistic value are doors with engraved ornaments characteristic of the Plav-Gusin area. Above the door there is a tarih - epigraph about the renovation of the mosque from 1869, written in the Ottoman language. It is also the oldest preserved history in the Plav-Gusin area. This tarikh is characteristic and special for several reasons: while all tarikhs in the Plav-Gusin area are carved in stone, this tarikh is engraved in wood. The year of the mosque's reconstruction is indicated by the Hijri calendar in two ways - a number and an abjed (number values of the letters of the Arabic alphabet).
Inside the complex of the Imperial Mosque there is a well and a cannon, which even today during the Muslim month of Ramadan marks the time of iftar - the end of the fast.
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