King Mosque | |
Native Name: | Xhamia Mbret |
Native Language: | sq |
Designation1: | Cultural Monument of Albania |
Location: | Berat, Albania |
Built: | 1492 |
Coordinates: | 40.7056°N 19.9521°W |
The King Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Mbretit or Xhamia e Hynqarit), also known as the Sultan's Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Sulltanit) or Sultan Bayezid Mosque, is a mosque and a Cultural Monument in Berat City, Berat County, Albania.
The mosque was built in the 15th century by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II for the local Albanian population.[1] The King mosque became a Cultural Monument in 1948.[2]