Kokonozi mosque

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Minaret of the Kokonozi Mosque behind houses of the New Bazaar

The Kokonozi Mosque ( Albanian  Xhamia e Kokonozit ), also Mosque of Mahmud Agha Kokonozi (Xhamia e Mahmut agë Kokonozit) or New Bazaar Mosque (Xhamia e Pazarit të Ri) is a historical mosque from the middle of the 18th century in Tirana , the capital of Albania .

The mosque dates from the Ottoman period : it was first mentioned in 1775, shortly after the builder's death. The document suggests that the mosque was built in the 1750s. The founding of the mosque is associated with the Kokonozi family . Extensive restoration work took place in 1853. The current building was completely renovated in 1933 by Xheladin Dibra and Qamil Turkeshi. Before that, in 1931, a new food market, the Pazari i ri , was built next to the mosque, north of Avni Rustemi Square .

The Kokonozi Mosque is one of the few Muslim places of worship in Tirana that survived the Hoxha dictatorship and was not completely destroyed as part of the state-decreed atheism in 1966 . The mosque was used as a storage room for food and tobacco. On February 18, 1991, the mosque was reopened after the premises had been cleaned. From 1999 the house in danger of collapsing was renovated. In 2003 the minaret , which was destroyed in 1967, was rebuilt; In its new form it is the only minaret in Tirana with two scissors (balconies). Originally decorated, the two balconies of the white plastered minaret are now narrow and simple.

The building is ten meters long and eight meters wide. The mosque has a dome that is surrounded by a roof. The lower windows are built in a Gothic style . The once rich wall paintings are no longer preserved except for parts on the ceiling and in the dome.

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  1. ↑ a b c History. In: Kokonozi Mosque (Mosque of Pazari i Ri). Retrieved January 9, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b Gazmend Bakiu: Tirana e vjetër . Mediaprint, Tirana 2013, ISBN 978-9928-08101-8 , pp. 77 f .
  3. ^ G. Bardi: Rivista degli studi orientali . tape 70 , 1997, pp. 180 ( here in Google Book Search [accessed on January 9, 2015]).
  4. ^ Roald Allaman Hysa: Historiku i xhamisë qytetëse në Shqipëri . tape 1 . Kokonozi, 2008 ( here in Google Book Search [accessed January 9, 2015]).
  5. ↑ Arkitektura Ottoman Shqiptare: Historical picture. In: Facebook. November 19, 2014, accessed October 27, 2017 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′ 48.5 ″  N , 19 ° 49 ′ 30 ″  E