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
Name Image Location Built Notes King Mosque, Elbasan Elbasan,Elbasan County1485 King Mosque, Berat Berat,Berat County1492 Also a Cultural Monument Mirahori Mosque Korçë,Korçë County1494 Fatih Mosque, Durrës Durrës,Durrës County 1502 Bazaar Mosque Krujë,Durrës County1533 Muradie Mosque Vlorë,Vlorë County1542 Also a Cultural Monument Lead Mosque, Berat Berat,Berat County1554 Allajbegi's Mosque Burim,Dibër County1578 Also a Cultural Monument Naziresha Mosque Elbasan,Elbasan County1599 Also a Cultural Monument Clock Mosque Peqin,Elbasan County1666 Also a Cultural Monument Hysen Pasha Mosque Berat,Berat County1670 Gjin Aleksi Mosque Delvinë,Vlorë County Also a Cultural Monument Tanners' Mosque Tirana,Tirana County Kokonozi Mosque Tirana,Tirana County1750 Bazaar Mosque, Gjirokastër Gjirokastër,Gjirokastër County1757 Lead Mosque, Shkodër Shkodër,Shkodër County1773 Et'hem Bey Mosque Tirana,Tirana County1821 Bachelors' Mosque Berat,Berat County1828 Also a Cultural Monument Great Mosque of Durrës Durrës,Durrës County1931 Ebu Beker Mosque Shkodër,Shkodër County1995 Baitul Awal Mosque Tirana,Tirana County1995 Kubelie Mosque Kavajë,Tirana County Fier Mosque Fier,Fier County2005 Earlier mosque destroyed in 1967 Parrucë Mosque Shkodër,Shkodër County2006 1937 mosque was destroyed in 1967 Namazgah Mosque Tirana,Tirana County2024
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