Clock Mosque
| Clock Mosque | |
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Xhamia me Sahat | |
 The mosque in 2018 | |
  Location of the mosque in Albania | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
Mosque
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| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Peqin, Elbasan County |
| Country | Albania |
 Interactive map of Clock Mosque | |
| Coordinates | 41°02′45″N 19°45′02″E / 41.04583°N 19.75056°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Islamic architecture |
| Style | Ottoman |
| Founder | Abdi Pasha the Albanian |
| Completed | 1666 CE |
| Specifications | |
| Dome | 1 |
| Minaret | 1 |
Official name | Clock Mosque |
The Clock Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia me Sahat), officially known as the Abdurrahman Pasha Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Abdurrahman Pashës), and historically known as the Xhafer Sadik Pasha Mosque, is a mosque, located in Peqin, in Elbasan County, Albania. Completed in 1666, the remains of it was designated as a Cultural Monument of Albania.[when?][1]
History
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The Old Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e vjetër e Peqinit) was built in 1666 CE by Abdi Pasha the Albanian and resembled the Et'hem Bey Mosque in the Albanian capital Tirana. The mosque is located in the central square of the old town at the main route between Durrës and Elbasan. Later destroyed by a fire, it was rebuilt in the 1830s by a descendant of Abdi Pasha, Cafer Sadık Pasha.[2] Between 1967 and 1974, the Communist regime demolished the prayer hall and minaret. The clock tower and the portico remained, but the latter was repurposed as a coffee bar. After the political transition the mosque was rebuilt, though not in its original form and without achieving the elegance of the original.[3]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ↑ Machiel Kiel (1990). Ottoman architecture in Albania, 1385-1912. Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture. ISBN 978-92-9063-330-3.
- ↑ Zindel, Christian; Lippert, Andreas; Lahi, Bashkim; Kiel, Machiel (2018). Albanien: Ein Archäologie- und Kunstführer von der Steinzeit bis ins 19. Jahrhundert (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 393.
External links
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Media related to Clock Mosque at Wikimedia Commons
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