Parrucë Mosque

Parrucë Mosque
Xhamia e Parrucës
The mosque in 2014
Parrucë Mosque is located in Albania
Parrucë Mosque
Location of the mosque in Albania
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Mosque
  • (1937–1967)
  • (since 2006– )
StatusActive
Location
LocationShkodër City, Shkodër County
CountryAlbania
Interactive map of Parrucë Mosque
Coordinates42°03′55″N 19°30′31″E / 42.0654°N 19.5087°E / 42.0654; 19.5087
Architecture
TypeIslamic architecture
StyleOttoman
Completed
  • 1937 (first mosque)
  • 2006 (reconstruction)
Destroyed23 March 1967
(under Communist rule)
Specifications
Dome3 (maybe more)
Minaret2

The Parrucë Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Parrucës) is a mosque in Shkodër City, Shkodër County, Albania. The original mosque was constructed in 1937 during the era of the Albanian Kingdom on the site of an Ottoman one built in the 17th century. After being destroyed again in 1967, it was rebuilt in the same style in 2006.[1]

History

The first mosque at the Parruce road (around 1910)

The original Parruca Mosque was constructed in 1937 and destroyed, alongside other houses of worship during the Communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, on March 23, 1967. The Parruce mosque itself replaced an older, smaller, more traditional and historic mosque from Ottoman times built in the 17th century.[2][1] The recononstruction was completed in 2006 in the original Ottoman style with funding from Haxhi Sait Jakup Fishta. Exactly 40 years after the destruction of the old mosque, the Parruca Mosque was consecrated on March 23, 2007. The interior is decorated with bright colour paintings.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Syrtari, Muhamed. "Xhamia e Parrucës, simbol islam i Shkodrës". muhamedsytari.net (in Albanian). Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Gedenkgottesdienst". myftinia-shkoder.org (in Albanian). June 17, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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