Telelka Mosque

Telelka Mosque
Native name
Xhamia e Telelkave (Albanian)
The Ibrahim Pasha mosque with the missing minaret on the right
LocationBerat

The Ibrahim Pasha Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Ibrahim Pashës), also known as the Telelka Mosque (Xhamia e Telelkave), is a historic Ottoman-era mosque in Berat, Albania. It is a national Cultural Monument of Albania.

The mosque was built by the governor Ibrahim Pasha Vlora at the end of the 18th century and rebuilt in 1852. During the communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, the minaret of the Ibrahim Pasha Vlora mosque got destroyed in 1967 and the building turned into a wood factory.[1] It is located exactly between the Lead Mosque and the King Mosque.

The mosque is still used as a wood workshop. The person who used it was rented out of the muftiate which belongs to the Muslim Community of Albania (KMSH).[2]

References

  1. ^ Mikel Kiel's book for Ottoman architecture in Albania, when talking about Berat, mentioning a mosque named Ibrahim Pasha.
  2. ^ "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.

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