This article focuses on communal boundaries in nineteenth-century Ottoman Nis, a city located in what is today southern Serbia. In particular, it explores the implications of Robert Hayden’s model of “antagonistic tolerance” for Ottoman urban history. In a first step, by taking into consideration the urban form of Nis from a long-term historical perspective, we consider how urban space was divided between inhabitants with different religious backgrounds. The article then turns to consider the symbolic boundaries that existed between confessional groups in nineteenth-century Nis, which can be traced by looking at the construction of churches and mosques. By examining the ways in which communal boundaries were expressed, negotiated and changed through church and mosque buildings, we can begin to render the confessional policies of the Ottoman authorities more transparent.

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奥斯曼帝国Niš的公共边界和悔政策

本文重点介绍19世纪奥斯曼帝国（Ottoman Nis）的公共边界，这座城市位于当今的塞尔维亚南部。特别是，它探讨了罗伯特·海登（Robert Hayden）的“对立宽容”模型对奥斯曼帝国城市历史的意义。第一步，从长远的历史角度考虑尼思的城市形态，我们考虑如何将具有不同宗教背景的居民划分城市空间。然后，文章转向考虑19世纪Nis悔团体之间存在的象征性边界，可以通过考察教堂和清真寺的构造来追溯这些边界。通过研究通过教堂和清真寺建筑表达，协商和改变社区界限的方式，