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Lead Mosque

Shkodër municipality, Albania · built 1733

The Lead Mosque (Xhamia e Plumbit), also known as the Mosque of Mehmet Bushati (Xhamia e Mehmet Bushatit), is a mosque in Shkodër, northwestern Albania. The cupolas of the mosque were covered in lead; hence its name. The mosque was designated as a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1948.

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