Hysen Pasha Mosque ( sq, Xhamia e Hysen Pashës) or Clock Mosque ''(Xhamia e Sahatit)'' is a

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, located in

Berat Berat (; sq-definite, Berati) is the ninth most populous city of Albania and the seat of Berat County and Berat Municipality. By air, it is north of Gjirokastër, west of Korçë, south of Tirana, and east of Fier. Berat is located in th ...

. It was built in 1670 by Hussein Pasha. It is named Clock Mosque because in 1870 the

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built a clock tower next to it. The clock tower was destroyed during the Communist dictatorship in 1967. The mosque also got destroyed with the

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being the only part left over. After the end of Communism the mosque got renovated.

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