The Mosque of Mahmud Agha Kokonozi ( sq, Xhamia e Mahmut Agë Kokonozit) or New Bazaar Mosque ( sq, Xhamia e Pazarit të Ri) is a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

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. It is an Ottoman-era mosque built in 1750 and one of the few mosques that survived the communist dictatorship under the

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regime. In 1966, the Kokonozi Mosque was closed and transformed into a food storehouse, and later it was used as a tobacco store. The Kokonozi mosque was reopened on February 18, 1991.

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