Kokonozi Mosque Explained

Kokonozi Mosque
Native Name:Xhamia e Mahmut Agë Kokonozit
Native Name Lang:sq
Map Type:Albania
Map Size:220px
Map Relief:yes
Religious Affiliation:Islam
Location:Tirana, Central Albania, Albania
Tradition:Sunni
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Architecture Type:Mosque
Year Completed:1750
Date Destroyed:-->
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The Mosque of Mahmud Agha Kokonozi (Albanian: Xhamia e Mahmut Agë Kokonozit) or New Bazaar Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Pazarit të Ri) is a mosque in Tirana, Albania. It is an Ottoman-era mosque built in 1750 and one of the few mosques that survived the communist dictatorship under the Hoxhaist regime.

In 1966, the Kokonozi Mosque was closed and transformed into a food storehouse, and later it was used as a tobacco store. The Kokonozi mosque was reopened on February 18, 1991.

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