Clock Mosque

Clock Mosque
Xhamia me Sahat
The mosque in 1995
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque (1666 CE–1967) (since 1992– )
Status	Active
Location
Location	Peqin, Elbasan County
Country	Albania
Location of the mosque in Albania
Interactive map of Clock Mosque
Coordinates	41°02′45″N 19°45′02″E / 41.04583°N 19.75056°E / 41.04583; 19.75056
Architecture
Type	Islamic architecture
Style	Ottoman
Founder	Abdi Pasha the Albanian
Completed	1666 CE
Specifications
Dome	1
Minaret	1
Cultural Monument of Albania
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 Old Peqin Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e vjetër e Peqinit), is a mosque, located in Peqin, in Elbasan County, Albania. Completed in 1666 CE, the mosque was designated as a Cultural Monument of Albania.^[when?][1]

Overview

It was built in 1666 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 in its original form, though without achieving the elegance of the original.^[3]

Gallery

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  The historic stone mosque in 1917

See also

• Europe portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in Albania
• List of mosques in Albania
• List of Religious Cultural Monuments of Albania

References

1. "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.
2. Machiel Kiel (1990). Ottoman architecture in Albania, 1385-1912. Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture. ISBN 978-92-9063-330-3.
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

Media related to Clock Mosque at Wikimedia Commons