List of mosques in Albania

This is a list of mosques in Albania.

Approximately 740 mosques were destroyed in by the Communist dictatorship under Enver Hoxha, when state atheism was introduced. Only a small number of mosque have been restored.

List of mosques

Current mosques

Former mosques

• White Mosque, Beratestablished 1417; destroyed in the 19th century; now in ruins
• Selimije Mosqueestablished 1478 on the site of a 1st-century BCE church; destroyed in 1967; repurposed in the 1980s as a mausoleum and national monument
• Fethiye Mosque (Krujë)established 1481; destroyed from 1937; now in ruins
• Red Mosque, Beratestablished in the 15th century; now in ruins
• Hajji Bendo Mosqueestablished in the 16th century; destroyed in 1967; now in ruins
• Sulejman Pasha Mosqueestablished in 1614; destroyed in 1944
• Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mosqueestablished in 1685 on the site of a 13th-century church; destroyed in 1967; now in ruins
• Teqe Mosqueestablished 1733; destroyed in 1967; now in ruins
• Telelka Mosqueestablished in the 18th century; destroyed in 1967; now in partial ruins
• Castle Mosque, Lezhëestablished year unknown; now in ruins

See also

• Islam in Albania
• Lists of mosques

References