On the left bank of the Jasenica river, there are still preserved remains of a Muslim religious edifice – a mosque. It was thought for a long time that those were the remains of a Catholic church, Saxon or Dubrovnik one, because locals called it “Misa”. However, the archaeological research revealed the opposite, that is, it was proven that from the very beginning this sacred facility was built for the Turkish citizens of the Medieval Rudnik. Even though “Misa” is quite damaged nowadays, researchers are almost completely certain that it belongs to a big group of mosques with one tower and a three-part porch, the so-called standard type.

Since it resembles in some architectural details to a lot of mosques of this type from the XVI century, the mosque in Rudnik was most probably built in that period. One can draw that kind of conclusion based on the Turkish rota of Smederevo administrative unit from 1559/60, which mentioned two Muslim religious edifices – Emperor’s Mosque and Masjid, and the rota from 1572 noted down another one. If one accepted the assumption that Emperor’s Mosque was actually “Misa”, that would mean that it served as a central shrine of Muslims from Rudnik, and the year 1559/60 would be the time of its first written mention.