White mosque
The White Mosque ( Albanian Xhamia e Bardhë ) is a destroyed mosque in the castle of Berat , Albania . It is located in the outer citadel of the inhabited castle at about the highest point of the castle hill.
Machiel Kiel assumes that the of himself Evliya Çelebi mentioned Mosque of Bayezid II. 16th century - not to be confused with the occasional also as mosque of Bayezid II. Designated King Mosque under Castle Hill - is or a successor building. The construction method speaks for the 18th or early 19th century. From the small, roughly square mosque, there are still foundation walls around one meter high and the base of the minaret , a little more than two meters high. It was built from white limestone .
The mosque was destroyed in the 19th century when the Ottomans withdrew from the castle and dismantled the fortress as a result of revolts against the Tanzimat rulers.
The White Mosque was declared a cultural monument in 1961 under Enver Hoxha .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Guntram Koch: DuMont Art Travel Guide Albania . DuMont, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-2079-5 , p. 202 .
- ^ A b c d 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. 74 .
- ^ Objects Fetare Monument Kulture. In: Komiteti Shtetëror për Kultet. Retrieved October 17, 2015 (Albanian).
Coordinates: 40 ° 42 ′ 30.9 ″ N , 19 ° 56 ′ 41.8 ″ E