Korça clock tower
The clock tower of Korça ( Albanian Kulla e sahatit e Korçës ) is a faithfully reconstructed tower in the Ottoman style in the city of Korça in southeastern Albania on the basis of a historic Ottoman clock tower ( Sahat Kula ) .
The previous tower was built in 1784 after an agreement between Muslim counterparts from the Dibra region and Orthodox residents of Voskopoja (Voskopoja was a stronghold of the Aromanians in Albania). It was part of the complex of the Mirahor Mosque built in 1490 , a structure built by Iliaz Mirahor Beu, veteran of the conquest of Constantinople by Fatih Sultan Mehmet in 1453. The tower bells could be heard all the way to the nearby Old Bazaar .
The old clock tower was destroyed in an earthquake on May 21, 1960.
The building in typical Ottoman-Turkish style was made of stone. The reconstruction from 2015 was carried out using modern materials on a square, 4.5 by 4.5 meter wide floor plan. The tower was completed in 2016 and is 17 meters high.
Web links
- Dritan Çoku: Kulla e sahatit në Korçë, jeta e një monumenti arkitekturor. In: Shqiptarja.com. Shqiptarja, accessed May 11, 2016 (Albanian).
Coordinates: 40 ° 36 ′ 58 ″ N , 20 ° 46 ′ 31 ″ E