Lead Mosque, Berat

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Lead Mosque
Native name Albanian: Xhamia e Plumbit

Location	Berat
Coordinates	40°42′16″N 19°57′19″E / 40.7045°N 19.9554°E / 40.7045; 19.9554Coordinates: 40°42′16″N 19°57′19″E / 40.7045°N 19.9554°E / 40.7045; 19.9554

Cultural Monument of Albania

Lead Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Plumbit) is a 16th-century mosque located in Berat, south-central Albania.^[1]

It is named so because of the lead coating of its sphere-shaped domes.^[1] It is a Cultural Monument of Albania.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Garwood, Duncan (2009). Mediterranean Europe. Lonely Planet. p. 60. ISBN 1-74104-856-7. Retrieved 23 July 2010.

v t e Berat

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

Culture	Lajmëtari i Beratit Dielli i Tomorrit

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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