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Church of Saint Nicholas, Lezhë

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24: 92: 100: 111:. A fresco of the saint is still present in the remains of the church, although heavily damaged. The Church was located in the interior part of an Illyrian City which was later reconstructed by the Romans, in the 1st century BC. Evidence for this is the "Gaviarius" 396: 259: 252: 245: 406: 401: 416: 268: 391: 347: 411: 386: 307: 115:
Stone in front of the entrance, which was unearthed during the Archaeological Excavations in 1975-1980 by Frano Prendi and Koço Zheku.
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The Selimiye mosque was one of the last buildings from the Middle Ages in Lezhë and did not survive during the dictatorship of
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of his bones, believing that these would confer bravery on the wearer. The St. Nicolas' Church was rebuilt by the
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conquered Albania, the church got plundered, and they turned it into a mosque by adding a
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of the Selimie mosque was torn down. In 1981, the Skanderbeg Mausoleum opened here.
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Conversion of non-Christian religious buildings and structures into churches
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elsewhere in return as a gesture of tolerance towards Christians.
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The "Gaviarivs" engraved stone at the entrance of the castle.
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underwent restoration with a project that started in 2018.
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Selimiye Mosque (disambiguation)

Albanian
Albanian
Skanderbeg
Lezhë
Albania
Lezhë
Albania


Saint Nicholas
Ottoman Turks
dikka
mihrab
minaret
Ottoman
Selim I
Skanderbeg
amulets
Ottomans
Enver Hoxha
minaret
Mausoleum
"Zani i Naltë"
The decline and fall of the Roman empire
OCLC
317326240
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