Bachelors' Mosque

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Bachelors' Mosque
Native name Albanian: Xhamia e Beqarëve
Location	Berat
Coordinates	40°42′17″N 19°57′01″E / 40.7048°N 19.9503°E / 40.7048; 19.9503Coordinates: 40°42′17″N 19°57′01″E / 40.7048°N 19.9503°E / 40.7048; 19.9503

Cultural Monument of Albania

The Bachelors' Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Beqarëve) is a Cultural Monument of Albania, located in Berat. It became a Cultural Monument in 1961.^[1]

The mosque is located in the lower Mangalem neighborhood. It has two floors and arcades on three sides of it. The minaret of the mosque is low. The paintings inside the mosque date from the years 1927-1928.^[2]

References

↑ "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
↑ "Xhamia e Beqarëve shek. XIX" (in Albanian). Berat Kulture. Retrieved September 21, 2010.

v t e Religious Cultural Monuments in Berat County

Berat	King Mosque Red Mosque White Mosque Bachelors' Mosque Lead Mosque Hysen Pasha Mosque Telelka Mosque Halveti Teqe Rüfai Teqe St. Michael's Church Holy Trinity Church St. Mary of Blachernae Church St. Theodore's Church Dormition Cathedral

Other towns	St. Mary's Church, Mbreshtan Annunciation Church, Kozarë St. Nicholas' Church, Perondi St. Demetrius' Church, Drobonik St. Demetrius' Church, Poliçan

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