Construction of King Mosque, Elbasan (1492)

cultural heritage monument of Albania

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The mosque was built by the Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II between 1492 and 1502; and was named in honour of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II. It is one of the oldest active mosques in Albania, after the Fatih Mosque in Durrës, established in 1466 CE.

The mosque consists of a porch with a tiled roof and a prayer hall that is c. 12 by 12 metres (39 ft × 39 ft), separated in two by a wooden portico of three pillars. During the Communist rule of Enver Hoxha, the building was converted into a political education center in 1967. Its 14-metre-high (46 ft) minaret, that was partially destroyed in 1979, was rebuilt in 2013.

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