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Bazaar Mosque, Gjirokastër

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period in 1757 and is located in the Old Bazaar neighbourhood. It is one of fifteen mosques originally built in the city during the
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The mosque was originally designed to be located in the New Bazaar neighbourhood of Gjirokastër, as part of
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Nearby the mosque is a two-story octagonal building, constructed in 1727. Although originally used as a
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Antique Turkish frescoes and inscriptions inside the building
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Affiliation
Islam
Branch/tradition
Sunni
Gjirokastër
Albania
Bazaar Mosque, Gjirokastër is located in Albania
Geographic coordinates
40°4′26″N 20°8′17.04″E / 40.07389°N 20.1380667°E / 40.07389; 20.1380667
Mosque
Albanian
Turkish
Albanian
Turkish
mosque
Gjirokastër
Albania

Ottoman
Ottoman era
Memi Pasha
Bektashi
cemevi
madrasah
Islam in Albania
"Qyteti yne - Dhoma e Tregetise dhe Industrise - Gjirokaster"
"Turet e agjencisë Old Bazar"
"Regjimi komunist në Shqipëri"
"Visiting Religious Sites"

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