Iljaz Mirahori Mosque () is a historic mosque in
Korçë,
Albania.
History
The mosque was built in 1494 and finished in 1496 by
Iljaz Hoxha (also known as Iljaz Bey Mirahori), who was a veteran of the
Istanbul Conquest and the city-founder of Korçë. According to the writer
Sami Frashëri, it was built on the foundations of an existing monastery, then called dedicated to
Saint Paraskevi ''(Kisha e Shën e Premtes)''.
With its
minaret
A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گلدسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...
being torn down during the Communist dictatorship, the Iliaz Mirahor mosque was declared a religious
Cultural Monument of Albania.
After the end of Communist rule in the 1990s, the minaret was not rebuild until 2014 in a slightly different style compared to the original one. The Ottoman
Clock Tower of Korçë
A clock or a timepiece is a device used to measure and indicate time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month and the ...
in front of the mosque has also been rebuilt afterwards.
References
Mosques completed in 1496
Ottoman architecture in Albania
1496 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Buildings and structures in Korçë
Mosques in Albania
Tourist attractions in Korçë
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