The Tanners' Mosque ( sq, Xhamia e Tabakëve) is a historic mosque located near the
Tanners' Bridge
The Tanners' Bridge ( sq, Ura e Tabakëve) is an 18th-century Ottoman period stone footbridge located in Tirana, Albania. The bridge, built near the Tanners' Mosque, was once part of the ''Saint George Road'' that linked Tirana with the eastern ...
in
Tirana, capital of
Albania. Built in the neighborhood of the handicraft-trade Tanners' guild around the seventeenth century in the
Ottoman Empire, it was damaged by a lightning shot but continues to function thanks to improvements made by the family Resmja which even today continues to care for.
The current preacher (
imam
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...
) of the mosque is the theologian
Elvis Naçi.
See also
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Muslim Community of Albania
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Islam in Albania
References
Tanners' Mosque(Albanian)
Mosques in Tirana
17th-century mosques
Ottoman mosques
Ottoman Albania
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