Mirahori Mosque

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"Iljaz Mirahor Mosque" redirects here. For Mirahori Mosque in Istanbul, see Monastery of Stoudios.
Iljaz Mirahori Mosque
Native name
Albanian: Xhamia e Iljaz Mirahorit
Xhamia e Iljaz Bej Mirahorit, Korce.jpg
Location Korçë

Iljaz Mirahori Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Iljaz Mirahorit) is a historic mosque in Korçë, Albania.

History

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The historical ceiling of the mosque of which parts of the frescoes got lost and have to be restored

The mosque was built in 1494 and finished in 1496 by Iljaz Hoxha (also known as Iljaz Bey Mirahori), who was a veteran of the Istanbul Conquest and the city-founder of Korçë.[1][better source needed] According to the writer Sami Frashëri, it was built on the foundations of an existing monastery, then called dedicated to Saint Paraskevi (Kisha e Shën e Premtes).[2] With its minaret being torn down during the Communist dictatorship, the Iliaz Mirahor mosque was declared a religious Cultural Monument of Albania.[3] After the end of Communist rule in the 1990s, the minaret was not rebuild until 2014 in a slightly different style compared to the original one. The Ottoman Clock Tower of Korçë in front of the mosque has also been rebuilt afterwards.

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