Haji Et'hem Bey Mosque | |
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Xhamia e Et’hem Beut | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Location | |
Municipality | Tirana |
Country | Albania |
Geographic coordinates | 41°19′40″N 19°49′9″E / 41.32778°N 19.81917°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Ottoman architecture |
Groundbreaking | 1791 or 1794 |
Completed | 1819 or 1821 |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | 1 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Designated | 24 May 1948[1] |
The Et'hem Bey Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Haxhi Et'hem Beut, Turkish: Hacı Edhem Bey Camii) is a mosque in Tirana, Albania. Closed under communist rule, the mosque reopened as a house of worship in 1991. Without permission from the authorities, 10,000 people attended and the police did not interfere. Frescoes outside and inside the portico depict trees, waterfalls and bridges.