The Fatih Mosque (), also known alternately as Xhamia e vogël () and Xhamia e vjetër () is a Cultural Monument of

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

, located in

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. It was built in 1502, the year after the Turkish conquest of the city, and named for the Ottoman Sultan

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, ''(Sulltan Mehmet Fatihu)''. Closed by the Communist authorities under

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, the mosque became a cultural monument in 1973. Its minaret was torn down but rebuilt in a simpler style after the Communist dictatorship ended.

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Cultural Monuments of Albania Buildings and structures in Durrës Ottoman mosques in Albania Mosques completed in the 1500s Religious buildings and structures completed in 1502 1502 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Tourist attractions in Durrës County Mosque buildings with minarets in Albania {{Albania-mosque-stub

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