Kokonozi Mosque
The Mosque of Mahmud Agha Kokonozi (Albanian: Xhamia e Mahmut Agë Kokonozit) or New Bazaar Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Pazarit të Ri) is a mosque in Tirana, Central Albania, Albania. It is an Ottoman-era mosque built in 1750 and one of the few mosques that survived the communist dictatorship under the Hoxhaist regime.
| Kokonozi Mosque | |
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Xhamia e Mahmut Agë Kokonozit | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Tirana, Central Albania, Albania |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°19′48.5″N 19°49′30″E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Completed | 1750 |
In 1966, the Kokonozi Mosque was closed and transformed into a food storehouse, and later it was used as a tobacco store. The Kokonozi mosque was reopened on February 18, 1991.
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