List of mosques in Albania

The following list provides an overview of important mosques in Albania . Two types are distinguished: mosques from the Ottoman period and mosques from the post-Ottoman period. Many of these mosques are cultural monuments .

Mosques from Ottoman times

Surname	image	place	district	construction time	comment
Allajbeg Mosque		Burim	Qark Dibra	before 1578
Bazaar mosque		Gjirokastra	Gjirokastra Qark	1757
Bazaar mosque		Kruja	Qark Durrës	1523/1837
Lead mosque		Advises	Qark Berat	1553-1554
Lead mosque		Shkodra	Qark Shkodra	1773	only mosque with a walled forecourt; only surviving Ottoman mosque in Shkodra
Et'hem Bey Mosque		Tirana	Tirana County	1794-1821
Fatih mosque		Durrës	Qark Durrës	1502-1503
Fortress mosque		Lezha	Lezha district	1522	destroyed
Gjin Aleksi Mosque		Rusan	District of Vlora (in the former Delvina district )	before 1670
Haxhi Bendo Mosque in Sopot Castle		Borsh	Vlora County	Late 17th century	ruin
Hysen Pasha Mosque		Advises	Qark Berat	1670
Bachelor mosque		Advises	Qark Berat	1826 (maybe also the 18th century)
Kokonozi mosque		Tirana	Tirana County	before 1775
Royal mosque		Advises	Qark Berat	1492	one of the oldest mosques in Albania
Royal mosque		Elbasan	Elbasan Qark	circa 1492	one of the oldest mosques in Albania
Kubelie Mosque		Kavaja	Tirana County	1735-1736	destroyed in the 1970s; Today's mosque is a modern new building, only the columns in front of it are original
Mirahor mosque		Korça	Korça district	1494	one of the oldest mosques in Albania
Abdurrahman Pasha Mosque clock mosque		Peqin	Elbasan Qark	1830s	destroyed around 1970; Today's mosque is a modern new building, only the vestibule remained
Muradie mosque		Vlora	Vlora County	1542
Naziresha mosque		Elbasan	Elbasan Qark	1599
Red mosque		Advises	Qark Berat	1417	ruin
Selimiye Mosque		Lezha	Lezha district	16th Century	Ruin; Ottoman alterations to the church removed; today Skanderbeg memorial
St. Stephen Church Mosque		Shkodra	Qark Shkodra	1479	ruin
Sylejman Pasha Mosque		Tirana	Tirana County	1614	Destroyed in World War II and then demolished
Tabakëve Mosque		Tirana	Tirana County	18th century
Tekke mosque		Gjirokastra	Gjirokastra Qark	1733	Location unconfirmed
White mosque		Advises	Qark Berat	16th Century	ruin

Post-Ottoman mosques

In Albania, many new mosques were built after 1992 and demolished mosques were rebuilt. Today there are innumerable small village mosques and simple facilities. The following list contains the largest and most important rebuilt mosques and new buildings. While traditionally Albanian mosques have a Turkish style , most mosques today are Arabic in character.

Surname	image	place	district	construction time	comment
Ebu-Bekr Mosque		Shkodra	Qark Shkodra	1994-1995
Great mosque		Durrës	Qark Durrës	1937
Mosque of Fier		Fier	Qark Fier	2005
Parruca mosque		Shkodra	Qark Shkodra	2006-2007	At the location of a historical predecessor
Bejtyl Evel Mosque		Kashar	Qark Tirana (in the former Tirana district )	1995	largest mosque in the country
Namazgâh mosque		Tirana	Tirana County	planned from 2015	planned as the largest mosque in the Balkans

See also

• List of mosques in Europe
• List of Bektashi-Tekken in Albania

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Objects fetare monumente kulture. In: Komiteti shtetëror për Kultet. Retrieved July 17, 2016 (Albanian). 
2. ↑ Anila Dushi: Xhamia e plumbit po kalbet (The lead mosque rotted). July 22, 2008, archived from the original on January 27, 2010 ; Retrieved January 30, 2010 (Albanian).