Fatih Mosque, Durrës

The Fatih Mosque, also known alternately as Xhamia e vogël and Xhamia e vjetër, is a mosque, located in Durrës, Albania. Completed in 1502 CE, the year after the Turkish conquest of the city, the mosque was designated as a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1973.

Overview

The mosque was built in 1502 and named for the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, . Closed by the Communist dictatorship under Enver Hoxha, when state atheism was introduced, in its minaret was torn down and was later rebuilt in a simpler style after 1991.