Fortress mosque
The Fortress Mosque ( Albanian Xhamia e Kalasë ), or Fort Mosque called, is one in ruins lying mosque in the northern Albanian town of Lezha . It is a national cultural monument.
The mosque is located inside the castle that towers over the city. The castle hill ( 172 m above sea level ) was built in ancient times in the 6th century BC. Fortified and later to the acropolis of the city. From 1393 the Venetians used the castle. After the Ottomans Lezha had conquered in 1478, the citadel was in the 16th century under I. Sultan Süleyman - to - the Magnificent citadel expanded. The mosque also dates from this time, probably in 1522.
It was an almost square building with a dome, of which most of the outer walls have been preserved. The size is nine by seven and a half meters. The mihrab is about three and a half meters high.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Objects fetare monumente kulture. In: Komiteti shtetëror për Kultet. Retrieved July 17, 2016 (Albanian).
- ↑ Guntram Koch: DuMont Art Travel Guide Albania . DuMont, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-2079-5 .
- ↑ a b Machiel Kiel : Ottoman architecture in Albania (1385-1912) . In: Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (Ed.): Islamic art series . tape 5 . Istanbul 1990, ISBN 92-9063-330-1 , pp. 117-120 .
- ↑ a b Në Kalanë e Lezhës rests një nga xhamitë më të vjetra në Shqipëri. (No longer available online.) In: Drita Islame. May 15, 2013, archived from the original on November 4, 2013 ; Retrieved November 2, 2013 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 41 ° 47 ′ 1.7 " N , 19 ° 38 ′ 59.9" E