The Xhemahallë Complex ( sq, Kompleksi i Xhemahallës) is a

Cultural Monument A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage regist ...

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

, located in

Delvinë Delvinë ( or , ); is a town and a municipality in Vlorë County, southern Albania, northeast of Saranda. It was formed in the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Delvinë and Vergo, which became municipal unit ...

. The mosque of the complex is thought to be the first "King type" mosque in Albania. Built in

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, it one of the first mosques built for the local

pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitar ...

class and is supplied by Llutro's Fountain, a source of water for the mosque itself as well as the adjoining

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and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Xhemahalle complex Cultural Monuments of Albania Buildings and structures in Delvinë Mosques in Vlorë County