Rüfai-Tekke

The Rüfai-Tekke ( Albanian Teqeja e Rufaive ) is a Tekke in the middle Albanian town of Berat , which the Sufi Order of Rifai is dedicated. The building is a historical cultural monument of the Republic of Albania .

The Tekke was built in the 18th century after 1785 by Ahmet Kurt Pascha and used as a monastery by the Rifai dervish order. She is also known as Sheikh Riza's Tekke .

Individual evidence

^ Objects Fetare Monument Kulture. In: Komiteti Shtetëror për Kultet. Retrieved August 31, 2014 (Albanian).
^ ^A ^b Robert Elsie : Islam and the dervish sects of Albania. Notes on their history, distribution and the current situation . In: Kakanien revisited . Olzheim May 27, 2004, OCLC 732379135 ( kakanien.ac.at [PDF; 159 kB ]).

40.7059 19.9524Coordinates: 40 ° 42 ′ 21.2 ″ N , 19 ° 57 ′ 8.6 ″ E

[1] Objects Fetare Monument Kulture. In: Komiteti Shtetëror për Kultet. Retrieved August 31, 2014 (Albanian).

[elsie-2] A ^b Robert Elsie : Islam and the dervish sects of Albania. Notes on their history, distribution and the current situation . In: Kakanien revisited . Olzheim May 27, 2004, OCLC 732379135 ( kakanien.ac.at [PDF; 159 kB ]).