The Bazaar Mosque ( sq, Xhamia e Pazarit), also known as Murad Bey mosque ''(Xhamia Muratbeu)'' or Varosh mosque ''(Xhamia e Varoshit)'', is a historic mosque in Krujë,

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. It was built in 1533 and is a

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today. It is situated in the historic bazaar of Kruje (the ''Derexhiku Bazaar''), known as Akce Hisar in Ottoman times. Built by Ottoman Albanian

bey Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...

s, the mosque got closed during the Communist dictatorship and its typical minaret got torn down. The mosque was reopened in 1991. During the renovation by the

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(TIKA) in the 2010s, the antique ornate and interior painting of the Bazaar mosque got completely lost.

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