Kubelie Mosque

The Kubelie Mosque or Kapllan Bey Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Kapllan Beut) is a historic mosque in Kavajë, Albania. This mosque was originally built here in 1735 under the Ottomans by Kapllan Beu. The Old Mosque (Xhamija e Vjetër), stood on the main street of the city, about 70m to the east of the current one.[1]

Kubelie Mosque
New Kubelie mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Kavajë, Albania
Geographic coordinates	41.1840°N 19.5621°E
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Islamic, Ottoman

Old Kubelie mosque

Also named after its founder Kapllan Pasha, the Kubelie mosque had been described as a "grand, beautiful building, with a dome and a peristyle. Marble facades rise under the cypress trees with their Byzantine columns and their Arabian arches."[2] After being destroyed by the Communists in the 1970s, the new mosque has a very simple style and is made of concrete and white color while the original mosque was an Ottoman stone building with beautifully coloured decorations on the inside.[1]

See also

• Kapllan Pasha Tomb
• List of mosques in Albania

References

1. Kiel, Machiel (1990). Ottoman architecture in Albania, 1385-1912. Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture. ISBN 978-92-9063-330-3. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
2. Nitsiakos, Basilēs G.; Nitsiakos, Vassilis (29 July 2010). On the Border: Transborder Mobility, Ethnic Groups and Boundaries Along the Albanian-Greek Frontier. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 203. ISBN 978-3-643-10793-0. Retrieved 10 July 2012.