Telelka Mosque

The Telelka Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Telelkave) or Ibrahim Pasha Mosque is a historic Ottoman mosque in Berat, Albania. It is a national Cultural Monument of Albania.

Telelka Mosque
Native name
Albanian: Xhamia e Telelkave
The Ibrahim pasha mosque on the left
LocationBerat
Cultural Monument of Albania

During the communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, the minaret of the Ibrahim Pasha mosque got destroyed and the building turned into a wood factory.[1] It is located exactly between the Lead Mosque and the King Mosque.

The mosque is still used as a wood workshop. The person who used it was rented out of the muftiate which belongs to the Muslim Community of Albania (KMSH).[2]

References
  1. Mikel Kiel's book for Ottoman architecture in Albania, when talking about Berat, mentioning a mosque named Ibrahim Pasha.
  2. "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2010.

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