Kubelie Mosque
Xhamia Kubelie
Kubelie Mosque is a mosque in Kavajë, Albania. A mosque was originally built here under the Ottomans by Kapllan Beu, the Kapllan Pasha Mosque or Bachelors' Mosque. 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 is 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]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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Coordinates: 41°11′02″N 19°33′44″E / 41.1840°N 19.5621°E
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