Bachelors' Mosque Explained

Bachelors' Mosque
Native Name:Xhamia e Beqarëve
Native Language:sq
Designation1:Cultural Monument of Albania
Designation1 Date:1961
Designation1 Number:X0088
Location:Berat, Albania
Built:1828
Coordinates:40.7047°N 19.9501°W

The Bachelors' Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Beqarëve), formerly known as the Sylejman Pasha Mosque, is a Cultural Monument in Berat City, Berat County, Albania. It became a Cultural Monument in 1961.[1]

The mosque is located in the lower Mangalem neighborhood. It has two floors and arcades on three sides of it. The minaret of the mosque is low. The paintings inside the mosque date from the years 1927–1928. Since the times of the Communist dictatorship under Enver Hoxha, the portico (hajati) of the mosque has been used as a store for women's underwear which can be seen as a disgrace to Islam.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status . Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult . October 28, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706071224/http://kshk.gov.al/index.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj2&kid=19 . July 6, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Xhamia e Beqarëve shek. XIX . Berat Kulture . Albanian . September 21, 2010 .