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The mosque was built in 1494 and finished in 1496 by Iljaz Hoxha (also known as Iljaz Bey Mirahori), who was a veteran of the Istanbul Conquest and the city-founder of Korçë. [ 1 ] [ better source needed ] According to the writer Sami Frashëri , it was built on the foundations of an existing monastery, then called dedicated to Saint ...
The Ibrahim Pasha Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Ibrahim Pashës), also known as the Telelka Mosque (Xhamia e Telelkave), is a historic Ottoman-era mosque in Berat, Albania. It is a national Cultural Monument of Albania. The mosque was built by the governor Ibrahim Pasha Vlora at the end of the 18th century and rebuilt in 1852.
The word 'mosque' entered the English language from the French word mosquée, probably derived from Italian moschea (a variant of Italian moscheta), from either Middle Armenian մզկիթ (mzkit), Medieval Greek: μασγίδιον (masgídion), or Spanish mezquita, from Arabic: مسجد, romanized: masjid (meaning "site of prostration (in prayer)" and hence a place of worship), either from ...
The Teqe Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Teqes) is a mosque in Gjirokastër, Albania. It is a Cultural Monument of Albania. [1] It was described by famed explorer Evliya Çelebi in the 17th century, but its current form is the work of an Ahmet Çelebi in 1773. [2] An inscription dates it to 1732 to 1733 (Hijri year 1145). Though named Teqe by its ...
The Bachelors' Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Beqarëve), formerly known as the Sylejman Pasha Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Sylejman Pashës), is a Cultural Monument in Berat City, Berat County, Albania. It became a Cultural Monument in 1961. [1] The mosque is located in the lower Mangalem neighborhood. It has two floors and arcades on three sides of it.
The Lead Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Plumbit, Turkish: Kurşun Camii), also known as the Izgurli Mosque, is a 16th-century historical mosque located in Berat, south-central Albania. [ 1 ] Its name comes from the lead coating of its sphere-shaped domes . [ 1 ]
The Al–Aga Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Mlikës, lit. 'Mosque of Mlika'; Serbian : Мличка џамија , romanized : Mlička džamija ), also known as the Mosque of Haxhi Hussein ( Albanian : Xhamia e Haxhi Hysenit ) and Ahmet Aga Mosque ( Albanian : Xhamia e Ahmet Agës ) is the oldest mosque in Kosovo as well as in the entire Balkan region.
The Bazaar Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Pazarit), also known as Murad Bey mosque (Xhamia Muratbeu) or Varosh mosque (Xhamia e Varoshit), is a historic mosque in Krujë, Albania. It was built in 1533 and is a Cultural Monument of Albania today. [1] It is situated in the historic bazaar of Kruje (the Derexhiku Bazaar), known as Akce Hisar in ...