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Sylejman Pasha Mosque

Tirana municipality, Albania · built 1614

The Sulejman Pasha Mosque (Xhamia e Sulejman Pashës), also known as the Old Mosque (Xhamia e Vjetër), was the first mosque in the city of Tirana, in Tirana County, Albania. Completed in 1614, the mosque was partially destroyed in November 1944, during World War II, and razed the following year during the Communist rule of Enver Hoxha. The former mosque, together with a hammam and a bakery, were founded by Pasha Sulejman Bargjini, with the mosque named in his honour. In the mid-20th century, the mosque and surrounding streets were razed to make space for the Communist-era Statue of the Unknown Soldier, completed in 1949. While the St. Procopius and the Sacred Heart churches get restored, there are no plans for the reconstruction of Tirana's founding mosque.

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